ECS co-president Shawn Wheeler was ejected from Saturday’s match because of a sign reading “Anti-Fascist/Anti-Racist/Always Seattle” being displayed in the visiting supporters section.
Tonight an @mls official told me that the "Anti-Fascist | Anti-Racist | Always Seattle" banner is not allowed per league policy because (AND I QUOTE) "we want both sides to be able to come and watch games without politics".
— Shawn Wheeler (@zag08) August 18, 2019
If this controversy sounds familiar, that’s because something similar happened two years ago in Vancouver. Unlike that incident, though, ECS was apparently told that displaying the sign could get them ejected on Saturday.