Black Players for Change celebrates a year of influence in MLS

In a sport that is often predominantly white and upper middle class in the US, Black players are working together to have their voices heard

First it was the killing of Breonna Taylor. Then the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. But the final straw was the inescapable image of George Floyd calling out to his deceased mother while a police officer fatally knelt on his neck.

Enough had been enough," says Jeremy Ebobisse, Portland Timbers forward and co-founder of Black Players for Change. But enough was enough again."