insert_link Business / Economics How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into Messi-era MLS Patrick ‘Ace’ Ntsoelengoe in action for the Toronto Blizzard. Tony Bock/Toronto Star via Getty Images By John M Sloop, Vanderbilt University North America’s most diverse professional league kicks off on Feb. 21, 2024, as Major League Soccer returns after a winter break. The league, commonly known as the MLS, has long prided itself as a standard-bearer for racial and national diversity: Last season saw players from 81 countries […] todayFebruary 22, 2024 18
