It may sound extra in the era of Jozy Altidore, but for us two soccer-loving Black kids in Texas, Cobi Jones was a near-deity at that time. To give you an analogy rooted in the era, he was the ...

And then on the other end of the spectrum we want to see more Black children playing this game, because we want it to be indicative of our community here in North America. We have a very diverse ...

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