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Men’s Football US using Wales tie to send a message about racial inequality

RB LEIPZIG star Tyler Adams says the United States will use tomorrow’s friendly against Wales to raise further awareness to racial justice, the team’s first chance to speak out against the senseless murder of George Floyd.

Minneapolis resident Floyd, a black man, was killed in May when a police officer pressed his knee against his neck for several minutes, with his death sparking anti-racism protests across the US and the world.

Several United States players, including Adams, appeared in Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie’s “Enough is Enough” video in June — and the US team will now make an anti-racism stand ahead of their Swansea friendly tomorrow.

“There have been internal discussions about that,” said Adams, who had “Black Lives Matter” written on his left football boot and “Justice 4 George” on his right when he returned to Bundesliga action after Floyd’s death.

“We’re kind of waiting until matchday to show how we can bring recognition to the situation.

“Without giving too much away, we just want to continue to educate people about what’s going on and continuing to happen.

“There will be a little something on game day that we do. The internal discussions have been great, within the team supporting one another, sharing each other’s beliefs, and how people perceive certain situations and their opinions on it.

“Those open and difficult discussions have been really helpful to the team.”

The US could take a knee at the Liberty Stadium as, following Floyd’s death, the US Soccer Federation repealed the policy that required players to stand during the national anthem.

The policy was adopted in 2017 after US women’s star Megan Rapinoe knelt in peaceful protest against police brutality and the oppression of black people in the United States, a move inspired by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

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