Tea Katai, wife of Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Aleksandar Katai, shared racist and violent posts on social media about the protests happening throughout the country in response to the killing of George Floyd.
In her since-deleted posts on Instagram, Tea Katai called protesters "disgusting cattle" and mocked the Black Lives Matter movement with the comment "Black Nikes Matter."
The team issued a statement about the posts Wednesday evening: "Earlier today, the LA Galaxy were made aware of a series of racist and violent social media posts by Tea Katai, the wife of LA Galaxy midfielder Aleksandar Katai.