Major League Soccer has announced that it will lift a ban on an anti-fascist symbol that had become a point of conflict between the league and many supporters' groups.
The league did not allow banners at games that displayed the Iron Front symbol, saying that it violated the MLS ban on political displays included in its fan code of conduct.
The Iron Front symbol first appeared in the 1930s and was used by an anti-Nazi paramilitary group.
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The symbol has been displayed prominently at Portland Timbers home games this season, leading several fans to be ejected from Providence Park.