CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s athletes council removed one its members Sunday, a day after he made a speech at the federation’s annual general meeting against removing an anti-kneeling policy.
Seth Jahn, a 38-year-old from Florida who played for the U.S. seven-a-side Paralympic team at the 2015 Parapan American Games, spoke against repeal of what was known as Policy 604-1, put in place in response to U.S. women’s team star Megan Rapinoe kneeling in support of Colin Kaepernick.
The USSF board voted to repeal the policy on June 9, a decision the online annual meeting affirmed Saturday by 71.