Back to the Tottenham Hotspur Newsfeed

'I respect them so much': Tottenham star Alex Morgan praises Landon Donovan and San Diego Loyal for walking off pitch after one of their openly-gay players was the subject of a homophobic slur during match with Phoenix Rising this week

Alex Morgan may have moved across the Atlantic to join Tottenham but her attention was switched back across the pond as she watched Landon Donovan make a statement against homophobia on Wednesday.

He and his San Diego Loyal team walked off the pitch after an alleged homophobic slur was directed against their openly-gay midfielder Collin Martin, forfeiting the match and any hopes of making the USL play-offs in the process.

Morgan and Donovan have been two of the biggest soccer stars in the US for the last decade and the new Spurs signing voiced her solidarity with the former Everton forward and his squad.