”My choice to kneel before today’s game was one of the easiest decisions that I’ve ever had to make. By kneeling, it was in no way meant as a disrespect to the flag nor the military(which) both my father and brother are a part of. In fact, I did this for them. I did this […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. The difference between prizes and points By Tiffany Weimer (tiffanyweimer.com)2. A Black soccer culture rose up in Atlanta. Now, it seeks lasting progress. By Felipe Cardenas (The Athletic) 3. The most likely way you’ll get infected with Covid-19 By Dana GSmith (Elemental)
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MLS launches major voting initiative: MLS Unites to Vote
Major League Soccer has joined with Black Players for Change and the MLSPlayers Association to launch MLS Unites to Vote, a non-partisan initiative to help players, staff and fans register to vote and participatein this year’s election. MLS will work to leverage its platforms to educate communities to promote National Black Voter Day (Friday) and […]
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What They're Saying: Marc Dos Santos
“My concern is more on the political side. It’s not a country that I trust today. It’s not a country that is stable. And I’m more concerned on that side than the fires oranything like that. We have to make sure we stick together as a group, we’re very careful with what we do.” — […]
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More than $1.8 million raised for mini-pitches honoring Black Players for Change founders
More than $1.8 million has been raised through a partnership with Black Players for Change, Musco Lighting and U.S. Soccer Foundation to install 12 mini-pitches honoring the founding members of BlackPlayers for Change, the organization of MLS players, coaches and staff working to bridge the racial equality gap that exists in soccer and society. The […]
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Dell Loy Hansen will sell Utah soccer teams
It took only three days from his first remarkson Thursday morning until Sunday when Dell Loy Hansen announced that he will sell Utah Soccer Holdings, which includes Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals and Real Monarchs. Hansen spoke on Utah radio station X96 about feeling disrespected by Real Salt Lakeplayers, who joined players from other […]
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USL Championship: Players interrupt play to show united front against social injustice and racism
At USL Championship matches across the country this weekend, playwas stopped at the seven-minute mark when players gathered at the center circle and they knelt until 8:46. The planned stoppage demonstrated their united front against social injusticeand racism. The 7-minute mark was chosen to recognize the number of times Jacob Blake was shot in the […]
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Chris Wondolowski and the remarkable empathy and insight of pro athletes
Chris Wondolowski, the greatest goalscorer in MLS history, grew up in Danville, California, one the wealthiest zip codes in the United States. He played most of his youth soccer forMustang SC, whose facilities match those of the world’s top pro academies. Of course, to become as successful as he has, Wondolowski spent endless hours playing […]
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Memphis 901 FC players will visit National Civil Rights Museum instead of playing USL Championship match
Saturday’s USL Championship match between Memphis 901 FC and North Carolina FC in Cary, North Carolina, was postponed so Memphis 901 FC players can visit the National Civil Rights Museum inMemphis. The museum, located at the site of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in 1968, explores the history […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“Thirty seconds talking about myself is 30 seconds that we should be talking about the real issues that exist in our society. The conversation and the rhetoric that has been created around thedecision for people to peacefully protest by kneeling has been designed by people who don’t want to see change. To take away from […]