Good morning! One of the great things about working at Soccer America has been seeing former employees go on to have long and successful careers in soccer. Black Players for Change executive director Allen Hopkins, who helped formulate MLS’s groundbreaking anti-discrimination policy, started out in Soccer America’s advertising department in 1997 before moving to Fox Sports World and ESPN as a broadcaster.

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