CARY, N.C. — North Carolina defender Jaelene Daniels sat out the Braveness’s Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League sport Friday night time in opposition to the Washington Spirit after refusing to put on a homosexual pleasure jersey.

“Whereas we’re disillusioned along with her selection, we respect her proper to make that call for herself,” a Braveness spokeswoman stated in an announcement.

In 2017, Daniels refused a U.S. nationwide staff call-up due to a gay-pride jersey.

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