Racism In Sports

Staff Writer at the Atlantic Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) joins the pod for a wide-ranging discussion of his love of Italian football, Roma and Jose Mourinho, racism and fan culture, the politics of sports and more. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast with your host Giovanni Pacini! Opening the show, Giovanni spends a bit of time tackling a Paul Gardner commentary in Soccer America. This episode's interview guest in the second block is Derek Broadley, Technical Director for the Charleston Soccer Club. Closing the show in the end block, Giovanni discusses a troubling incident involving racism during a high school soccer match in a Vermont community. Be sure to support the show sponsor...

The other legendary half of the Great Wall of Gambia and current head coach of Pacific FC joins us to talk about his time as a professional in Norway, the Middle East, the Timbers, and the Whitecaps. Playing? Sure, but what about the coaching... Did Carl Robinson deserve to be fired? What about that cluster-you-know-what at FC Cincinnati? Who deserves a statue outside of Providence Park? Because it’s unavoidable and we can’t pretend it doesn’t affect people of color, no matter how successful they are, racism also enters the conversation. What you can avoid, however, is aggravation in the box on a set piece, at least after Mr. Kah dishes on the game within the game. Relavent Links: Intro music - Number 10 by Giuda - https://giuda.net Sounders Rave Foundation - https://www.ravefoundation.org Kick 4 Life - https://www.kick4life.org NORGA - https://www.norga.org (Coming soon) Outro Music - Way on Down by the Fun Boy Three - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYuD4W-uEFo Feedback: Email - [email protected] Leave a voicemail - 503-583-4235 Facebook - https://facebook.com/PortlandVanity/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/PDXvanitysoccer Find us on: Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple, and Google Play