Alejandro Bedoya calls for end to gun violence during MLS match
Bedoya shouted in a TV microphone "Congress, do something now. End gun violence. Let's go!"
Monday 5 August 2019 08:26, UK
Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya made a stand against gun violence after scoring in their 5-1 MLS win away to DC United.
Bedoya scored the opening goal for Philadelphia after three minutes at Audi Field and after celebrating with his team-mates, the 32-year-old former USA international midfielder made his feelings known when he picked up a pitchside microphone.
He shouted: "Congress, do something now. End gun violence. Let's go!"
There were two mass shootings in the United States over the weekend, in Ohio and Texas, with 29 people killed.
Bedoya, who spent the 2011-12 season at Rangers, had been outspoken on social media before the match and used the game as an opportunity to voice his strength of feeling to the world.
There have now been 31 mass shootings in the US this year.
