{"id":751973,"date":"2026-06-21T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751973\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:31:12","slug":"us-soccer-celebrates-black-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751973\/","title":{"rendered":"US soccer celebrates Black culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>06\/21\/2026June 21, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-text t1r94ulj lxoq797 blt0baw s16w0xvi mcjjkz7 w1mzytge b1fzgn0z\">Many fans marked Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US, as they watched the US team play in the World Cup. Though soccer was once largely seen as a white, suburban sport, Black players and fans are playing a growing role in the game. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5FnIB<\/p>\n<p>Fans marked Juneteenth \u2014 commemorating the end of <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/slavery\/t-66079742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slavery<\/a> in the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/united-states-of-america\/t-19065189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a> \u2014 while watching the national men&#8217;s soccer team in the World Cup, highlighting the growing presence of Black players. Once seen as a largely white sport, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/soccer\/t-64665526\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">soccer<\/a> is becoming more diverse. Players and fans say increased representation is inspiring younger generations and reshaping the game&#8217;s cultural impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"06\/21\/2026June 21, 2026 Many fans marked Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-751973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}