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Student Soccer Match Derailed by Racial Slurs, Parents and Coaches Say

The Paideia School is now preparing to file a complaint over “racial taunts” that left players, parents and coaches “upset and disappointed.”

An Atlanta, Georgia high school soccer team is reeling after they say a competing team fired out racial slurs—such as the n-word—during gameplay last weekend. The Paideia School is now preparing to file a complaint against Armuchee High School for “racial taunts” that left players, parents and coaches “upset and disappointed,” Paideia’s Athletic Director Mike Emery told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Tia Alvarez-Smith, whose son plays on Paideia’s team, told the outlet complaints about Armuchee players were met with backlash from referees, including a red card against one of Paideia’s top players that disqualified him from a later final competition.