African Immigrants Find Unity Missing At Home On Dallas Soccer Field

It is a complete fabrication that anyone from the Moroccan team has called any Libirian player a Monkey. These types of unecessary and uncalled for statements and lies are made to get fans pumped up and increase their interest when a team is weak by using the racial card. Morocco has African Moroccan players and is virtually racism free even compared to racism in some sub saharan african countries (SA,....) Shame on you Koroma.

First of all I want to thank the organizers of this event, which allowed us to interact with our friends from Africa, learn about their cultures and traditions, and strengthen our friendships. I am a player in the Moroccan team, and I have witnessed the incident that was brought up by Mr. Koroma in your article. It was in the heat of a game that lasted for 2 hours, and didn’t finish till midnight. There is no excuse for such comments, and the person that uttered this comment had been scolded, and apologies were made.
The person that was a victim has also retorted with his own racial slur, which is in the context it was made is absolutely forgiven. What I don’t agree with is the following statement by Mr. Koroma: "The stereotypes you've grown up with, in heated moments, they come out. The more you get to know different people, the more you learn they're not true."
I refute that statement wholeheartedly. We are true, we are very true. We grew up cheering Roger Mila from Cameron. We cheered Nigeria in the world cup quarter finals. We love Drogba, George Weah, Abede Pele, Okasha, and countless other Africans that made us proud. We are not bigots that smile at you, and then think of you differently. Today, when we won our game against Sudan, we stayed and watched the final between Sierra Leon and Liberia. We enjoyed both countries soccer, and every one that was watching was attesting to the strength and talent of their players. Again, I apologize on behalf of my team. Racist remarks are uncalled for, as well as blanket statements that vilify a group because of the egregious mistake of an individual.