We might like, of course, to speak of other things after an important win on the road. But we can’t. And we shouldn’t.
There is, now, only one thing.
"We are all in support of Diego Chara. What happened to him today, the discriminatory word that was said to him, should not have a place anywhere."
Gio Savarese addresses why the game was stopped in the 65th minute, and expresses his disappointment in how it was handled. #RCTID pic.twitter.com/5FUmTwErq5— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) June 27, 2021Already a few are trying to offer a defense of racism by pointing to the Timbers’ earlier handling of racial abuse against LAFC player Adama Diomande (now playing for Cangzhou Mighty Lions of the Chinese Super League).