Toronto FC’s Pride Night poignant for Michael Bradley

The Star | June 23, 2017

TFC captain wore a rainbow-coloured armband in a Copa America match last year, days after the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting.

Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley flouted FIFA's taboo about political demonstrations by wearing a rainbow-coloured armband during a Copa America match last year, just days after the Pulse Nightclub shootings. "The ability to understand what other people are going through ... there’s nothing more important," he says.

When Michael Bradley walked out of the tunnel and onto the field at Century Link Stadium last June for a Copa America match against Ecuador, something stood out about the United States captain’s uniform.