Emotional Sacha Kljestan asks Congress to ‘do something’ after Illinois mass shooting

Legislation enforcement search after a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb on Monday.

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Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan had lengthy been among the many most considerate and outspoken gamers in MLS, continuously utilizing social media to touch upon points that transcend soccer.

On Monday, after helping on the ultimate aim in his staff’s 4-0 win over Montreal, Kljestan agreed to look at a post-game information convention however declined to speak in regards to the match.

As an alternative, he gave an emotional plea for gun management after one other mass taking pictures which left six lifeless and no less than 30 wounded at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Sick.

“I’m truly going to maintain this actually temporary and never reply any questions in regards to the recreation. I’m not joking,” started Kljestan, whose 13-minute look off the bench was his first in almost two months. “I’m sick to my abdomen about what’s occurred in Illinois right this moment. And I feel we have to discuss gun management. You guys can write in regards to the recreation if you need, however I don’t actually give a s—. It’s a sick, vicious cycle that retains occurring again and again and we’re doing nothing about it. And it makes me sick.

“I don’t know, Congress, senators — if anybody sees this — do one thing. Our children get shot up and we are saying ideas and prayers and it does nothing. After which we discuss it on social media and it does nothing. After which our authorities does nothing. After which someone will get shot up once more.

“So it’s sick. It pissed me off, and I’m like, I can’t even take into consideration the rest ... I don’t even know what to say. I’m not a politician, however I’m a human being. My youngsters ... I concern for them after they go to high school and it pisses me off. And I feel if it doesn’t piss you off and also you don’t need new gun legal guidelines on this nation, then there’s one thing mistaken with [you]. So I suppose that’s all I've to say.”

Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan, heart, celebrates after scoring on a penalty kick through the 2021 season.

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In 2019, days after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, the Philadelphia Union’s Alejandro Bedoya, a former teammate of Kljestan’s with the U.S. nationwide staff, grabbed an open microphone on the sector after scoring in a nationally televised recreation and made a forceful plea of his personal for gun management,

“Congress, do one thing now. Finish gun violence!” Bedoya shouted into the microphone at Audi Discipline in Washington D.C. “Let’s go!”

Bedoya was voted the league’s participant of the week a few days later.

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A Lake County police officer walks down Central Ave in Highland Park, Sick. on Monday, July 4, 2022, after a shooter fired on the northern suburb’s Fourth of July parade. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune by way of AP)  (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune by way of AP)

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A police officer holds up police tape on the scene of a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Nam Y. Huh)  (Nam Y. Huh / Related Press)

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HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS - JULY 04: Legislation enforcement escorts a household away from the scene of a taking pictures at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Police have detained Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, 22, in reference to the taking pictures during which six folks had been killed and 19 injured, based on revealed stories. (Picture by Mark Borenstein/Getty Photographs)  (Mark Borenstein / Getty Photographs)

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HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS - JULY 04: Legislation enforcement search the realm of a taking pictures at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Police have detained Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, 22, in reference to the taking pictures during which six folks had been killed and 19 injured, based on revealed stories. (Picture by Mark Borenstein/Getty Photographs)  (Mark Borenstein / Getty Photographs)

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Empty chairs are seen on the road after a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Sick., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Nam Y. Huh)  (Nam Y. Huh / Related Press)

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Legislation enforcement conduct a search after a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Sick., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Nam Y. Huh)  (Nam Y. Huh / Related Press)

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A girl seems exterior from her dwelling after a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Sick., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Nam Y. Huh)  (Nam Y. Huh / Related Press)

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Individuals have a look at the Highland Park police division after Robert E. Crime III was taken into custody after a mass taking pictures on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Sick., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Nam Y. Huh)  (Nam Y. Huh / Related Press)