Amid the recent eruption of the Black Lives Matters movement, players around Major League Soccer have come together to form the Black Players Coalition of MLS. The organization’s main goal, per their Twitter account, “is working to bring more inclusion across all of MLS.”
The organization was announced Friday on the black-owned soccer news outlet, Perfect Soccer. A statement on the website said the group “will serve as the BPC’s temporary home for updates but we want to reiterate that Perfect Soccer and the BPC are separate entities.”
More than 70 black players from around the league, including former Columbus Crew SC striker Kei Kamara, helped form the organization.