The players and coaches wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts in warmups before the game, which was nationally televised on CBS. The league said Friday that it would play the national anthem before the Challenge Cup games and that it would support the players in whatever they chose to do. The NWSL is the first professional team sport in the United States to return amid the coronavirus outbreak. The monthlong Challenge Cup opened Saturday with a pair of games played without fans at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. “I think we want to keep this momentum and keep the attention on the Black Lives Matter movement throughout this tournament,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post June 27, 2020 22:41 UTC