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

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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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.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For 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

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0:00.0	Welcome to burn it all down. It's the feminist sports podcast you need. I'm Brenda Elsie, and this week I get to do the interview. And I have with me, Evan Whitfield, who has been working on issues of equity in soccer for quite a while now.
0:29.6	And he recently has joined the Chicago Fire as vice president of equity.
0:36.7	He is a founding member of score.
0:38.9	He is a former player.
0:40.1	We're going to get into all that.
0:41.8	Evan, welcome.
0:42.8	I am so excited to have you on the show.
0:44.7	Thank you so much.
0:45.7	I am really excited to be on your show.
0:47.9	I've been a big fan of the pod for a while now.
0:51.4	And I love the episodes.
0:52.8	I love the perspective.
0:53.5	So thank you so much.
0:54.7	So let's just start with your own, a little bit about your own biography in soccer.
1:01.6	Sometimes we call it football on the show. We go back and forth. I go back and forth. Yeah,
1:07.9	we're the Chicago Fire Football Club. So I feel like I should call it football.
1:12.6	But it just depends on the audience, right? So I'll probably be saying soccer. It just seems more
1:15.9	unnatural to me. Totally fine. Yeah, no, I've played, I did play soccer in the U.S. and, you know, in all
1:22.5	the levels, you know, youth like everyone else. High school and club and ODP and collegiantly at Duke.
1:31.7	And then eventually made it to the pros, played for the Chicago Fire for majority of my career,
1:37.4	99 to 04.
1:40.1	Prior to that, I played a little over half a season with Ghent in Belgium, and then I finished my career unceremoniously in Salt Lake City for RSL.
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