Five of the six Major League Soccer matches scheduled for Wednesday night were postponed as the league’s players took the decision to stand in solidarity to protest racial injustice in the wake of the recent shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
MLS joined the NBA, WNBA and Major League Baseball in postponing games as players joined together to protest against racial injustice.
Atlanta United’s match at Inter Miami, FC Dallas’ home match against the Colorado Rapids, LAFC’s visit to Real Salt Lake, Portland’s match at the San Jose Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders trip to the LA Galaxy were all postponed.
— MLSPA (@MLSPA) August 27, 2020
Inter Miami and Atlanta United stand together in solidarity as they boycott their match tonight. pic.twitter.com/AuJDSbNvQ1
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 27, 2020
— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) August 27, 2020
FC Dallas loves and supports our players. We join them in raising awareness for racial injustice against the Black community. pic.twitter.com/Bak0Lny8QL
— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) August 27, 2020
Orlando City defeated Nashville SC, 3-1, in the evening’s only match to be played. Orlando-Nashville was the first scheduled match of the evening, and the decision to have the Orlando City-Nashville SC match be played was met with criticism,
Today was a historic day combatting racism in the sports world. I’m sad that our sport in our city missed the mark.
— Sydney Leroux (@sydneyleroux) August 26, 2020
MLS issued a statement prior to the start of the Orlando Ciity-Nashville SC match, at a time when it still appeared the evening’s schedule would be played.
— Don Garber (@thesoccerdon) August 26, 2020
After the evening’s matches were postponed amid a league-wide movement driven by the players, MLS issued a new statement:
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 27, 2020
The MLS Players Association made a point to clarify that it was the players, nor league officials, who drove the decision to postpone matches.
— MLSPA (@MLSPA) August 27, 2020
I guess I have been blocked. Ives, I have enjoyed your site for years but will no longer view it. Sorry you have become part of the cancel culture. I think changes need to be made, but what is going on is misguided. There will be more shootings until the people in these poor areas are given a way out through education.
I was also blocked before for the same reasons. I am disgusted with all this s**t that’s going on across the sports leagues.
You are both on the wrong side of history.
Systemic racism is the cause of the education deficiency you spoke of. Property values determine school funding,redlining by banks and insurance companies, stricter sentences for possession of drugs that are popular in minority neighborhoods prevent the building of wealth that attracts investment. That investment in the neighborhood increases property taxes collected which funds schools.That investment also creates jobs which drives down drug use and violent crime. With less drugs and violence police in those neighborhoods would be less likely to use deadly force. It’s not that hard.
I agree! Very nicely worded and thought out. The environment has to change. I work with groups like Habitat that try to restore neighborhoods and give people a chance to own their own homes. It creates pride in their community and pushes the bad out. It all starts there. It will take a ton of money and support to get the neighborhoods turned around.
Amazing how all new names suddenly appear when they want to defend the indefensible. Use your real names and if you are new, here just to cause trouble, get the heck outta here.
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It is amazing that whole sports league now are on board. Wearing BLM shirts and defending a non white person’s rights. I gotta say I didn’t think it would happen in my life. The point in time where the idiot racists really ARE on the wrong side of history….to stay.
We’ll learn the hard way who is on what side of history
I’m with it