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Why TFC captain Michael Bradley and coach Greg Vanney chose to stand for the national anthem

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Greg Vanney on why he chose to stand for the Canadian national anthem:

“Really, it’s for two reasons: I have one assistant coach on my staff, Jason Bent, (who is Canadian) and we was going to stand through the anthem. That’s his choice and we stood with him. In addition to that, I knew there was going to be a moment of silence for the Black Lives Matter, and I was going to take a knee during that period to honour that cause, so I tried to both at those two times.