1. How MLS players came to boycott, their reaction to Hansen’s tone-deaf comments and how they’ll move forward By JeffCarlisle (ESPN FC) 2. Strike’? ‘Boycott’? When athletes stoppedplaying, the arguments over wording began. By Ben Strauss (Washington Post) 3.After Barcelona, Messi’s Argentine hometown dreams of return By Debora Rey (AP)
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Owner Dell Loy Hansen will take leave of absence from Utah pro soccer teams
In a statement released on Friday, UtahSoccer, which owns MLS’s Real Salt Lake, the NWSL’s Utah Royals and USL Championship’s Real Monarchs, said owner Dell Loy Hansen will take a leave of absence while MLS and the NWSL conductinvestigations in response to statements made by Hansen regarding therecent protests, including the postponement of RSL’s home […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. After the Milwaukee Bucks stopped the NBA season, baseball followed suit … cautiously (Baseball BBQ) 2. Eight Chelsea players in coronavirus quarantine By Oliver Todd (Daily Mail) 3. Minnesota United takes a big leap of faith with their own academy designBy Jeff Rueter (The Athletic)
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No way they could play: MLS players protest latest police brutality against a Black person
I’ll probably always remember San Jose Earthquakes-Portland Timbers, Aug. 26, 2020 — even though it was a game never played. Two hours before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff, my editor-in-chief PaulKennedy texted me that the game would very likely be canceled. Within minutes, I drove into the Earthquakes Stadium parking lot to go through the efficient […]
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What They're Saying: Brian Schmetzer
“I fully support the players’ decision. As an American citizen, it is clear to me that our country is incredibly divided, and it saddens me that some people seem not to understand the importance ofthis movement. The violence that we are witnessing across our nation needs to be addressed, and tonight I am proud of […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Lakers, Clippers willing to cut title drives short to protest Jacob Blake shooting By Tania Ganguli and DanWoike (Los Angeles Times) 2. As racism fires rage on in America, Atlanta Unitedand Inter Miami’s players remind us that listening and activism matter By Neil Blackmon (Last Word on Soccer) 3. Mark McKenzie stands out on and […]
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MLS game goes on in Orlando, but players from both teams say they support strike
Five MLS games were not played on Wednesday when players followedthe lead of players in other sports and struck to demonstrate solidarity in their stance against racial injustice in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake. The evening’s first game wasplayed, however. Orlando City beat Nashville SC, 3-1, in the Lions’ first match at […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Robert Lewandowski: the nutty professor obsessed with finding his outer limits By Jonathan Liew (Guardian) 2. Crystal Dunn has a word for critics who say athletes should ‘stick to sports’By Vinciane Ngomsi (Yahoo Sports) 3. Judgment day By Philippe Auclair (Josimar Fotball)
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Threats to Reggie Cannon follow comments about booing at FC Dallas-Nashville SC game
Reaction to the booing of FC Dallas and Nashville SC players bysome fans for their kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before Wednesday’s game at Toyota Stadium continued on Thursday. After the game, FC Dallas right back ReggieCannon, a starter on the U.S. national team, said the booing was”disgusting,” and he and his […]
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Reggie Cannon disgusted by booing: 'I even knew when we decided to kneel that it was going to happen'
More than five months after MLS play was shut down and a monthafter it was removed from the MLS is Back Tournament following more than a dozen positive cases of COVID-19 to players and staff in its traveling party, FC Dallas returned to the field inWednesday. FC Dallas even opened Toyota Stadium to fans for […]