Evan Whitfield's guest appearances

Evan Whitfield

Burn It All Down

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Chris Russell

Jordan Morris

Musa Okwonga

Alexis Ohanian

Julie Foudy

Kevin Egan

Serena Williams

Jason Sudeikis

Hanif Abdurraqib

Chris Long

Landon Donovan

Sarah Spain

Wright Thompson

Briana Scurry

Shannon McCarthy

OwlTail

In this episode, Brenda Elsey interviews Evan Whitfield, former Chicago Fire FC defender as the new VP of Equity, Alumni and Engagement for the club. They discuss Chicago Fire FC's DEI programming efforts in the club and in the city of Chicago, the need for more bilingual MLS websites and why jobs like his are important.This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network.For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.comTo help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldownFor BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Brenda Elsey interviews Evan Whitfield, former Chicago Fire FC defender as the new VP of Equity, Alumni and Engagement for the club. They discuss Chicago Fire FC's DEI programming efforts in the club and in the city of Chicago, the need for more bilingual MLS websites and why jobs like his are important. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: <a href="http://www.burnitalldownpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.burnitalldownpod.com</a> To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/burnitalldown</a> For BIAD merchandise: <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/</a> Find us on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/BurnItDownPod;</a> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/;</a> and Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Interview: Evan Whitfield, VP of Equity for Chicago Fire FC, on DEI in the MLS

Allen Hopkins

Grant has a candid interview with former USMNT standout Eddie Pope, former MLS veteran Evan Whitfield and former broadcaster Allen Hopkins about their new organization SCORE, which stands for Soccer Collective on Racial Equity. They explain how their group formed in a year defined by the Black Lives Matter movement; the dearth of Black head coaches, GMs and presidents in American club soccer; and the changes they hope to bring about in the U.S. soccer landscape.The other members of SCORE currently include DaMarcus Beasley, Cobi Jones, Oguchi Onyewu, Tony Sanneh, Rob Smith, Danielle Slaton, Kim Crabbe and Mike Curry.Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

Grant has a candid interview with former USMNT standout Eddie Pope, former MLS veteran Evan Whitfield and former broadcaster Allen Hopkins about their new organization SCORE, which stands for Soccer Collective on Racial Equity. They explain how their group formed in a year defined by the Black Lives Matter movement; the dearth of Black head coaches, GMs and presidents in American club soccer; and the changes they hope to bring about in the U.S. soccer landscape.The other members of SCORE currently include DaMarcus Beasley, Cobi Jones, Oguchi Onyewu, Tony Sanneh, Rob Smith, Danielle Slaton, Kim Crabbe and Mike Curry.Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4</a> Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at <a href="https://grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Eddie Pope, Evan Whitfield & Allen Hopkins on SCORE (Soccer Collective on Racial Equity)