Football may not solve the working class’s problems, but it does matter — and politicians know it, writes BERT SHOUWENBURG
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MLS players should be rewarded for 2020 effort
Workers were met with a 5% pay cut despite finishing the season and being a positive force for change off the pitch, writes JAMES NALTON
Atlanta United in 2019
JAMES NALTON previews the Three Lions' round of 16 clash against the co-hosts in Mexico City
THE players and staff at Major League Soccer clubs were the league’s driving force in 2020.
Thanks to them, the season was eventually completed in December with Columbus Crew lifting the MLS Cup at the end of the post-season play-offs, following on from Philadelphian Union’s Supporters’ Shield (league title) win in November.
They were not only vital to its completion in a sporting sense, but also for the messages they sent advocating social change throughout the campaign.
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