U.S. Men's Soccer Team Shows LGBTQ+ Support in Qatar
As the soccer World Cup begins on Sunday, several western teams are showing their support for the LGBTQ+ community in various ways.On Monday, U.S.
Men's National Team coach Gregg Berhalter explained during a press conference in Qatar's capital, Doha, why the men's soccer team's training facilities are decorated with the rainbow version of U.S.
Soccer's "Be the Change" logo."When we are on the world's stage, and we are in a venue like Qatar, it's important to bring awareness to these issues, and that's what 'Be the Change' is about," Berhalter said. "It's not just Stateside that we want to bring attention to social issues.
It's also abroad."Berhalter begins talking about the rainbow logo at 0:6:38:00He said that as an organization, the team recognizes that Qatar has made some progress but that a lot of work remains to be done."Be the change represents everyone's individual opportunity to make change and to have change start with them," he added. "So I think it's appropriate that we have it here as well."In addition to displaying the colors in the team's hotel, media areas, and fan parties held the night before matches, the U.S.
