Colin Clark’s Anti-Gay Outburst

Early in last night’s game between the Houston Dynamo and the Seattle Sounders, Houston midfielder Colin Clark used an anti-gay slur reportedly directed at a ball boy that was caught on a sideline microphone.

Multiple YouTube users captured video of the incident, and it has been reported on by The Seattle Times and ESPN.com.

Clark took to Twitter early this morning to issue an apology:

I’d like to offer a sincere apology to everyone who watched the game, especially the ball boy for whom I used awful language towards.

— Colin Clark (@cOlin_cLark7) March 24, 2012

I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone and am sorry for letting my emotions get the best of me. It’s not who I am and it won’t happen again.

— Colin Clark (@cOlin_cLark7) March 24, 2012

@gay4soccerI’m very sorry for my actions tonight and I would love for you to consider me a #soccerally moving forward

— Colin Clark (@cOlin_cLark7) March 24, 2012

We take Clark’s apology to be genuine, but would also like to talk to him further about this matter. One cannot understate the severity of this matter, considering the target of the slur was a youth and it all happened on a nationally televised broadcast.

We have yet to see statements from MLS or the Houston Dynamo about this matter, but we are reaching out to them.