(Paris) A soccer club was permanently banned from the French amateur league on Wednesday after refusing to play a match against a gay team.
Last week, Paris Foot Gay said its members were victims of homophobia when Creteil Bebel, a team of Muslim players, refused to play them this month.
The French …
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WASHINGTON, DC — The International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) will open the 2009 Gay Soccer World Championship (www.iglfa2009.org) in the Washington D.C. area on Sunday morning June 14, 2009. The 2009 Gay Soccer World Championship is being hosted by the Federal Triangles Soccer Club (FTSC) of Washington, D.C. This marks the first time the tournament has been held in the United States since 2004 when it was held in San Francisco. This also marks the second time that this tournament is being hosted in the Washington D.C. area by FTSC.
This year the IGLFA 2009 Official Gay Soccer World Championship tournament coincides with the end of Capital Gay Pride. The Capital Pride organization is a partner with IGLFA 2009. The 2009 IGLFA Tournament is also being supported by both the D.C. United of Major League Soccer and the Washington Freedom of the Women’s Professional Soccer League. Both the D.C. United and Washington Freedom will have players signing autographs this Sunday, June 14th at the Capital Pride Festival.
The preliminary round-robin matches for the tournament will take place on Monday June 15th, Tuesday June 16th, and Thursday June 18th at the
Maryland SoccerPlex. The Quarterfinal, Semi-Final, and Championship
games will be played at
Trinity Washington University on Friday June 19th and Saturday June 20th. All
games are free and open to
spectators.
“D.C. United is proud to support the upcoming
IGLFA World Championship this summer as well as the Federal Triangles
Soccer Club of Washington D.C. and its efforts to bring players and teams from around the world to our city. The D.C. United
fan base is a diverse, vibrant, and passionate demographic truly representative of the word, ‘United.’ Our supporters are all ‘Black and Red’ regardless of race,
creed, color, nationality or
sexual orientation.”
Stephen Zack, Executive Vice
President, D.C. United
“We are proud to the support the
IGLFA 2009 World Championship and congratulate the host club, the Federal Triangles
Soccer Club of Washington, D.C. for bringing this tournament to our city and world class soccer to our pitches. The word ‘
Freedom’ has a different meaning to everyone. The Washington
Freedom supports
diversity and the culture of being free to be who you are regardless of your race,
creed, color,
sexual orientation or national heritage.”
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