US Soccer Star DaMarcus Beasley Has His Car Bombed In Glasgow

The United States men's soccer team has only a few superstars, but DaMarcus Beasley's definitely one of them. At the moment, he's playing over in Glasgow for Rangers FC.

We often forget that for all the racial strife in America, there are parts of the rest of the world that are much, much worse. Beasley's been the object of racial slurs since arriving in Scotland, and last night he had his car set on fire.

Is that a little terrifying? It should be.

From the Scottish Daily Record:

A neighbour of the American winger saw a hooded figure plant a crude petrol bomb under the blue 6 Series.

The witness said: "The guy put something under the car then walked backwards crouching down, making a line of petrol for about five metres. He lit it with what looked like a lighter and the car went up."

The attacker ran off. And seconds later, a car sped past the scene of the fire, slowed briefly, then roared away. Beasley, 27, heard the car's screeching tyres and ran to his window to see his BMW on fire.

On his Twitter account, Beasley said, "I'm doing okay, just glad no one hurt." Here's to hoping the police catch whoever did this, and that Beasley gets to set their car on fire. Because racists really suck, and just in general, it'd be pretty fun to set a car on fire.