U.S. Soccer Teams to Honor LGBTQ Community
U.S. Soccer will wear pride-inspired rainbow numbers during the month of June in honor of LGBTQ Pride month. The U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams have matches scheduled throughout the month, with World Cup Qualifiers for the men’s side scheduled in the coming weeks.
Soccer News: In recognition of LGBTQ Pride month in June, U.S. Soccer will present a number of initiatives in partnership with the You Can Play Project, along with the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association and the Women’s National Team Players Association. The You Can Play Project is an organization dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, coaches, and fans without regard for sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
As the highlight, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams will embrace pride-inspired rainbow numbers during June friendlies. The MNT will debut the look for the World Cup Qualifying tune-up against Venezuela on June 3rd at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The WNT will wear the uniforms in away friendlies against Sweden on June 8th and Norway three days later.
One set of game-issued jerseys from each team will be available in an online charity auction. In addition, fans will have the opportunity to purchase customized jerseys with the rainbow numbers here.
A special “One Nation. One Team.” hat with rainbow lettering will also be on sale. Proceeds from all three attire will be donated to the You Can Play Project.
As a long-time supporter of the LGBTQ community, U.S. Soccer promoted the hashtag #OneNation in 2016 in support of the victims of the Pulse Night Club shooting. U.S. MNT captain Michael Bradley wore a special rainbow armband with the One Nation inscription and auctioned off the armband as well as his jersey.
