More than 70 Black players in MLS have come together to form a group called the Black Players Coalition of MLS, and Chicago Fire FC’s CJ Sapong will serve as a board member.
“We pledge to help bridge the racial equality gap that exists in our league by lobbying for initiatives like implicit bias training, cultural education courses, and diversification hiring practices,” the group announced in a statement.
In the 25 year history of MLS, the league has never had an American-born Black head coach. There have been a handful of foreign-born Black coaches, like Thierry Henry of the Montreal Impact, but never an American in America’s domestic league.