Major League Soccer and representatives from its teams’ supporters groups, including two for the Sounders FC, met in Las Vegas on Thursday to discuss mounting tension over the league’s ban of the Iron Front flag in its stadiums.
The symbol – three arrows pointed Southwest inside a circle – is from an anti-Nazi paramilitary organization originated in Germany in the 1930s and is now widely regarded as anti-fascist. MLS updated its Fan Code of Conduct this season and guides its teams to deem the imagery as political and thus forbidden as signage.
Thursday was the first opportunity for the sides to discuss the matter face-to-face.