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Last year has been what MLS player Jeremy Ebobisse expected
As a professional athlete who doesn’t hold back on issues ranging from voter suppression to the detention of migrants at the border to systemic racism in the U.S., Jeremy Ebobisse has heard that line a lot. “All the time,” said Ebobisse, a 23-year-old forward for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer…
MLS Black Players for Change Group Joins LeBron's Voting Initiative
Black Players for Change, a group of Major League Soccer players, has teamed up with the LeBron James-led nonprofit More Than A Vote to encourage voting in the Nov. 3 election…
MLS player Ebobisse wants white people to feel uncomfortable
Jeremy Ebobisse, a forward for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer, posted a blog on Medium detailing the anger, pain and despair he feels as a black man as protests continue to take over the country…
MLS Black Players for Change call for continued action
Jeremy Ebobisse of the Portland Timbers and Aaron Dolores of Black Arrow FC talk about the Black Players for Change protest and how to turn images into actions…
It’s Not Meant For Your Comfort
I’m always conflicted hearing the anthem before games because on one hand it is the country I’ve chosen to be a part of, but on the other it is a country that still refuses to defend the rights and humanity of its black and brown citizens…
Fútbol with Grant Wahl Podcast interview
Ebobisse, who's had three goals in his first three games at the MLS is Back tournament, who's also a board member of the MLS Black Players for Change organization, discusses his story of becoming aware of racial justice issues, his biggest influences among writers, his role in forming the BPC group, the response of MLS commissioner with him and other Black players, and the issues in the league that he wants MLS and its clubs to address in the future.…
Meet The Soccer Star Who Refuses To “Stick To Sports”
As a professional athlete who doesn’t hold back on issues ranging from voter suppression to the detention of migrants at the border to systemic racism in the U.S., Jeremy Ebobisse has heard that line a lot.…
How Jeremy Ebobisse grew into one of MLS’s leading activists
Jeremy Ebobisse’s mask reads “I’m not racist does not equal ally.’ “It’s about reminding people that the amount of times you’ve said, ‘I’m not racist,’ has been most likely to defend a racist action,” Ebobisse said…
Jeremy Ebobisse’s year of growth
Before they were close friends and Portland Timbers teammates, Jeremy Ebobisse and Eryk Williamson were preteen opponents. They first met when competing at the same under-12 tournament just outside their native Washington, D.C. Ebobisse already had a reputation as a rising star prospect…
Leaders of MLS’s Black Players for Change on charting a way forward
On the morning of Juneteenth, as the United States continued its ongoing reckoning with racial injustice and violence in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, more than 70 players came together to form The Black Players Coalition of MLS, since re-named Black Players for Change…
MLS Roundtable: The challenges of being Black in today’s society
Jeremy Ebobisse’s mask reads “I’m not racist does not equal ally.’ “It’s about reminding people that the amount of times you’ve said, ‘I’m not racist,’ has been most likely to defend a racist action,” Ebobisse said…
Ebobisse, Dunn, & Zakuani: 'We're fighting to end stereotypes'
Portland Timbers forward Jeremy Ebobisse, North Carolina Courage and USWNT defender Crystal Dunn, and former Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers winger Steve Zakuani join "Banter" with Taylor Twellman to discuss their fight against racism and stereotypes. Dunn speaks…
Black Players for Change: This is not your distraction
This is not your distraction. It’s not your escape from real life. For some, this is everyday life. These words adorned the shirts worn on July 8 by nearly 200 black Major League Soccer players, coaches, and staff who gathered for a showing of unity during a summer of historic racial tension in the United States…
Timbers honor victims of police violence with Ebobisse-designed pregame shirts
Say their names. The Portland Timbers offered a moving tribute to victims of police brutality before their MLS is Back Tournament match Monday night, sporting pregame tops with names of those killed by police officers. The shirts were designed by forward Jeremey Ebobisse, who’s remained vocal…
For Ebobisse & others, MLS Is Back Tournament about more than soccer
As soon as Major League Soccer returned to play earlier this month in Orlando, the league and its players made clear that social justice was going to be a major theme. Black players from across the league lined up across the field. Players, wearing shirts with sayings such as “Black and Proud” and “Silence is Violence,” outlined the field while Miami and Orlando players kneeled on the outline of the center circle.…
DalenCuff discusses the Black Players Coalition of MLS with board members
We want to make soccer a sport for Black kids to feel comfortable in. I feel like that’s an avenue for success…
Kickback with Nedum ft. Jeremy Ebobisse - Black Players for Change
Jeremy Ebobisse, Portland Timbers and USMNT striker, calls in from the bubble at the MLS is Back tournament in Florida. Jeremy is a board member of the recently formed Black Players for Change organization and talks about how this unusual time and unique tournament have provided a perfect backdrop for the movement…
A fireside chat with Portland Timbers’ Jeremy Ebobisse
FirstTouch’s Topher Hegngi sat down with Portland Timbers’ forward, Jeremy Ebobisee to discuss everything collegiate soccer, MLS, becoming a pro, the state of US Soccer and more. Below is a rare but comprehensive transcript of their chat which definitely breaks down and helps shape America’s soccer landscape…
Jeremy Ebobisse is as expressive off the field as on it
The Portland Timbers forward talks to Street Roots about how he uses his platform to advocate for social justice…
In Ebobisse, USMNT & Timbers have a young leader unwilling to stay quiet on issues of social injustice
Jeremy Ebobisse has heard it plenty of times before: Athletes are supposed to play sports, not talk politics. Shut up and dribble, kid. Stick to sports. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but Ebobisse respectfully disagrees…
For forward Jeremy Ebobisse, patience, humility are paying off
Soon after the Portland Timbers selected Jeremy Ebobissewith the No. 4 pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, Zarek Valentinpulled a team staffer aside and requested the locker next to the young rookie’s.A seasoned veteran, Valentin hoped he could help ease the 19-year-old Ebobisse’s transition to MLS…
Ebobisse: 'What's going on in America now is shocking'
The 22-year-old has established himself as one of the US’s most promising forwards. But he is equally comfortable discussing race, immigration and politics…
Ebobisse’s star on the rise in the Rose City
Portland Timber Striker Jeremy Ebobisse is wise beyond his years and taking nothing for granted in a run to the U.S. Opens Cup’s Last Four…
Champions of Change: The RISE Podcast
Jeremy Ebobisse says his passion for social justice and education reform stemmed from following the story of Trayvon Martin’s shooting death in 2012, when Ebobisse was just 15 years old. Now, as a professional athlete, Ebobisse has come to realize the power of his platform to advocate for such important causes and affect change…