Before the opening kick off of Philadelphia Union's MLS is Back contest against New York City FC, the team revealed a special statement by replacing their own names on the back of their jerseys with those killed from police brutality according to ESPN's Taylor Twellman.
“Those are black people that were killed from police brutality and from what I’ve gathered the non-black players on the team, mainly the white players, put names on the backs of their jerseys of people that they’ve learned about through this process within the team," Twellman said during ESPN's national broadcast of the match.