During Saturday's game in western Pennsylvania, youth coach Dequay Canton of the Carlynton Little Cougars was seen enraged and fighting coaches from Keystone Oaks.In a statement, Canton claimed he was being portrayed by the national media to be the aggressor, but he says racism is what fueled his actions.LAWSUIT ALLEGES SOCCER COACH BENCHED TEEN WHO WAS INJURED BY TEAMMATE FOR ALLEGED RACIAL SLURWithout providing evidence, Canton claimed "our black and brown kids continued to be called an 'N,' and every quarter our kids were called the 'N' word, and we addressed it with the referees, but there was no response."Tell us what you're seeing from the world of youth sports.
Email: [email protected] Canton (in the green polo; black shorts) claims he was just defending his team, the Carlynton Little Cougars, from racism, when he lost his mind and started fighting opposing coaches and parents during a game in western Pennsylvania.(Storyful)He continued, "It's a shame that in 2026, 8-9-year-old kids are calling young black and brown kids the 'N.' It's even more shameful that their parents, coaches and referees let them do it without correcting them.
They would rather fight me for addressing it than correct their kids.That should be the story.
Period."The Carlynton youth football team followed up Canton's statement by announcing that the man who recorded the incident, Ryan Crux, has been banned from team football events.Crux's son plays for the Carlynton team.
Crux admitted to Pittsburgh media Tuesday night that there was bad blood brewing between him and the coaching staff.It turns out, this video probably helped facilitate a ban."My son has been getting screamed at things like 'go get that f–kin ball!' since he was 6 years old.
I don't speak to my son like that and I don't want anyone else speaking to him like that," Crux wrote on Facebook this week."Now hes 9 years old talking like hes 15 and I blame it all on youth football coaches.
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