USLChampionship.com spoke with Philadelphia Union 2 and academy player Nathan Harriel along with fellow USL players and coaches to discuss what Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day) means to them.
A commemoration of Union army general Gordon Granger's reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas in 1865 that proclaimed all slaves in the state were thereby free, Juneteenth has been an unofficial American holiday for more than 150 years. In a special edition of From the Pitch, Harriel was joined by Tobi Adewole, George Davis IV, Dre Deas, Jermaine Fordah, Christian Ibeagha, Juan Carlos Obregon Jr.