Junior Flemmings: Phoenix Rising midfielder gets six-game ban for homophobic slur

Phoenix Rising midfielder Junior Flemmings has been banned for six games for making a homophobic comment to San Diego Loyal's Collin Martin.

Jamaica international Junior Flemmings, 24, made the comment during their recent second-tier USL Championship game.

The Loyal players walked off in protest to forfeit a match they were leading 3-1, ending their chances of reaching the play-offs.

«I never had a word said to me like that», said Collin Martin, who is gay BBC reports.

«I have heard homophobic language throughout my career and growing up but not to the point where it was directed at me like that. I felt personally attacked», according to BBC.