“I think it can be a great opportunity to educate a lot of people.' Openly gay footballer urges FIFA to make World Cup 'inclusive for everyone'
that found nearly one in five American sports fans say professional players should hide their sexuality or gender identity.
San Diego were beating Phoenix Rising 3-1 at the time and needed the win to remain in the USL Championship playoff hunt yet Martins’ teammates and manager – US icon Landon Donovan – took a knee at the start of the second half before walking off the pitch. “I think in the world game, not only not even in Qatar, in other countries, there’s abuse that is happening towards players, whether it’s racial abuse or I’m sure homophobic abuse is happening in all parts of the world, I think it needs to be dealt with and taken seriously.
“But I think it took a lot of courage from my teammates in the moment to make that decision and support me.
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