LA Galaxy part with midfielder Katai after wife's racist posts


FILE PHOTO: Feb 29, 2020; Houston, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Aleksandar Katai (7) in action against the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The LA Galaxy has parted company with Serbian midfielder Aleksandar Katai after his wife published "a series of racist and violent social media posts," the Major League Soccer (MLS) team said on Friday.

In Instagram posts that have since been deleted, Tea Katai referred to Black Lives Matter protesters as "disgusting cattle" and urged violence against them according to media reports.

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