{"id":9068,"date":"2023-01-19T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/major-league-soccer-player-anton-walkes-dies-in-florida-boat-crash-at-25\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:00:21","slug":"major-league-soccer-player-anton-walkes-dies-in-florida-boat-crash-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/major-league-soccer-player-anton-walkes-dies-in-florida-boat-crash-at-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Major League Soccer Player Anton Walkes Dies in Florida Boat Crash at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Anton Walkes, a defender for major league soccer team Charlotte FC, died Thursday after the boat he was driving struck another vessel in Miami, officials said. he was 25 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>According to the Miami Herald, Walks was found unconscious Wednesday afternoon following a clash near Miami Marine Stadium. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the Miami Fire and Rescue Team reportedly attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Charlotte FC sporting director Zoran Kurneta told CBS Sports: &#8220;We are heartbroken for the loss of Anton Wolkes, a truly wonderful father, a loving person and an outstanding human being. &#8220;Anton embodies what it means to be part of Charlotte Football Club and our entire community mourns this tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The England native was signed by Tottenham Hotspur FC at the age of 16, according to NBC Miami. He was eventually loaned out to League One team Portsmouth before joining Atlanta his United FC in his first year as a major league footballer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>&#8220;We are heartbroken to learn of the tragic passing of Anton Wolkes. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLUTD\/status\/1616088498171437065?s=20&amp;t=HJs1z1bd5yuUUqdRWMS3_g\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"tweeted Atlanta United\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"63c96266e4b0c8e3fc7569dc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLUTD\/status\/1616088498171437065?s=20&amp;t=HJs1z1bd5yuUUqdRWMS3_g\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">Atlanta United tweet<\/a>joined by Walks in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Charlotte FC owner David Tepper recalled the Walkes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cAnton made those around him a better person\u2026and represented Charlotte FC to the highest standards both on and off the pitch,\u201d added Tepper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Walks joined Charlotte FC in 2021 and started 21 of 23 games last season. He made a total of 93 MLS appearances.  In 2020, he told Miller that his girlfriend gave birth to their first child, and that family meant &#8220;the world&#8221; to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Fans, friends and teammates shared their condolences on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"cli-embed__embed-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former player Anton Wolkes.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of this evening&#8217;s Premier League match against Manchester City, our first team will wear black armbands, and all teams in the academy will wear black armbands this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1616118406150864919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"cli-embed__embed-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our thoughts and prayers are with Anton Wolkes&#8217; family, friends and teammates as we mourn the passing of Anton Wolkes today.<\/p>\n<p>his influence <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLUTD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@ATLUTD<\/a> His contribution to putting Georgia on the football map will be remembered.  https:\/\/t.co\/KS9RzmQJL7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1616118358721675289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"cli-embed__embed-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world of football mourns the passing of young footballer Anton Wolkes. <\/p>\n<p>My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.  RIP.  https:\/\/t.co\/rFseviLdi3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valencia CF (@valenciacf_en) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valenciacf_en\/status\/1616116982469763072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"cli-embed__embed-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">to all of us <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlotteFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Charlotte FC<\/a> Today we mourn the loss of a talented young man, Anton Wolkes. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and teammates. Rest in peace, Anton.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Vi Lyles (@CLTMayor) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLTMayor\/status\/1616105815064051712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"cli manual hidden cli-related-articles js-cet-subunit\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n      n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>  fbq('init', '1621685564716533');\n  fbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/p>\n<p>  var _fbPartnerID = null;\n  if (_fbPartnerID !== null) {\n    fbq('init', _fbPartnerID + '');\n    fbq('track', \"PageView\");\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  (function () {\n    'use strict';\n    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n      document.body.addEventListener('click', function(event) {\n        fbq('track', \"Click\");\n      });\n    });\n  })();\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiWWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmh1ZmZwb3N0LmNvbS9lbnRyeS9zb2NjZXItcGxheWVyLWFudG9uLXdhbGtlcy1kZWFkX25fNjNjOTYyNjZlNGIwYzhlM2ZjNzU2OWRj0gFdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tL2VudHJ5L3NvY2Nlci1wbGF5ZXItYW50b24td2Fsa2VzLWRlYWRfbl82M2M5NjI2NmU0YjBjOGUzZmM3NTY5ZGMvYW1w?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Anton Walkes, a defender for major league soccer team Charlotte FC, died Thursday after the boat he was driving struck another vessel in Miami,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c96684230000660015b1f1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}