Racial slurs, assault reported at girls' soccer game
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press Mar 21, 2018 Updated 20 min ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico youth soccer league is investigating allegations that parents yelled racial slurs at Hispanic girl soccer players and an adult parent physically assaulted one of the girls during a game that turned violent.
The Duke City Soccer League said Tuesday it's looking into reports that a white man choked and groped a 14-year-old Hispanic female player following a match Saturday in Bernalillo, New Mexico, that spectators say was filled with racial tensions.
Ana Garcia, coach of Alameda 99, a largely Latina under 19 team, said the melee began after her players experienced racial taunting during an intense 3-3 game with Rio Galaxy — one of the city's elite soccer clubs in the Albuquerque area.
"All throughout the game, the parents were calling the players things like 'dirty Mexicans,' and other stuff I can't even repeat," Garcia said.
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