Salinas, 34, said the killing of George Floyd and other African-Americans at the hands of police has led to an awakening that is being witnessed across America. Salinas, a left-side midfielder and defender, endorses the idea to kneel during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before games this year as Major League Soccer returned to action Wednesday with a team tournament at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Salinas has had more time to focus on social injustice this year while sheltering in place with his wife and three children because of the global novel coronavirus pandemic. The time away from the field allowed Salinas to read about aspects of American history in which he said he was not well versed.
Salinas, who earned a kinesiology degree from Furman University, said he has gained an understanding of how the country has grown wealthy on the backs of some people. Now, how do I use my platform, how do I use my vote and how do I use my voice to help others?
Salinas was raised in Texas, where his grandfather became a farmer after leaving Mexico, he said. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Writer Awards. Tech Blog. Very exciting for the kids and focused on attacking skills because they all want to be goal scorers at that age! The kids were thrilled with the session and learned a lot of foot work. The "tricks" Shea showed them will k Brad Bauman: Our U9 team recently invited Shea out for an afternoon training session with 14 very excited kids.
Once the training session started, Shea had everyone constantly moving and totally focussed on the key objectives of each drill or mini-game. For a grassroots coach like myself, it was extremely Shea began his professional career with DFW Tornados while he was still in college and played for a year. He then played for Carolina Dynamo in The winger moved to Philadelphia Union in but was loaned.
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