Check out the special MLS Unites patches players will be wearing on their jerseys

BarDown Staff

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MLS is back starting tonight with the MLS is Back Tournament. Orlando City and Inter Miami kick off the tournament at 8pm ET, and ahead of the start of the tournament and the return of pro soccer in North America, the league shared something special it and the players are doing.

#MLSisBack x #MLSUnites Today, we play. Today we Unite.

Check our the special @MLS Unites patches on every player’s jersey through their first match. ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/D2k39f289p
— mlsworks (@MLSWORKS) July 8, 2020

Further to the messages and patches on each jersey, more than 77 players part of the Black Players For Change joined forces with the Players Coalition to help address systemic racial and human rights inequalities.

There will be CHANGE. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿#MLSisBlack

Learn more here: https://t.co/etDUhQdgI8 pic.twitter.com/ngH8tVH8tG
— Black Players For Change (@BPCMLS) July 7, 2020

Teams also shared messages of their own on social media channels ahead of the return of soccer.

Back to play, not back to normal.

We’re back more united than ever. pic.twitter.com/19qbPx3i2P
— Toronto FC (@TorontoFC) July 8, 2020

Soccer returns tonight.

Before we begin a new chapter in Orlando, we take a moment to reflect on the past four months.

'One Heartbeat' narrated by the one and only @keikamara #Rapids96 | #MLSisBack pic.twitter.com/Hk37TWO4z8
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) July 8, 2020

(H/T: MLSWorks)