{"id":433229,"date":"2023-04-14T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433229"},"modified":"2023-04-14T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:14:52","slug":"mls-forward-gets-six-game-ban-after-racist-comments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mls-forward-gets-six-game-ban-after-racist-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS forward gets six-game ban after racist comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir has been suspended for six games by MLS for using a racist remark during Saturday&#8217;s match against the San Jose Earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>Play was stopped for 15 minutes after a confrontation involving Vanzeir as he issued an apology on Tuesday and it was later announced he would &#8220;step away&#8221; from the club until further notice to avoid &#8220;distractions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D6n5iDvvWW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/D6n5iDvvWW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dante Vanzeir (@dantevanzeir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dantevanzeir\/status\/1645575924308647936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian, 24, has also been handed an unspecified fine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Footballer, Dante Vanzeir suspended for six games and fined for making racist remark<\/p>\n<p>New York Red Bulls forward, Dante Vanzeir has been suspended by Major League Soccer for six regular season games for the use of racist language. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UtkTdTz3ag\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/UtkTdTz3ag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SNOW TV\u00ae ??? RC 3662284 (@OfficialSnowtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialSnowtv\/status\/1646848075288260608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The league also stated that it would &#8220;require Vanzeir to participate in additional league-mandated training and education sessions, as well as a restorative practices programme.&#8221; Vanzeir is also prohibited from appearing in US Open Cup games, MLS Next Pro games and exhibition games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir has been suspended for six games by MLS for using a racist remark during Saturday&#8217;s match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":433231,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17528,18169],"news_category":[17676,14235],"gn_keywords":[18171,714],"acf":{"announce":"Dante Vanzeir will also have to participate in additional league-mandated training and education session","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433229"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=433229"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=433229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}