Sola Winley, MLS EVP & Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

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Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Grant has an in-depth interview with Sola Winley, who since February has been an MLS executive vice president and the league’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. They discuss the league's efforts to address its abysmal record of hiring Black American head coaches, the plan to work with Black Players for Change and SCORE, the commemoration of Juneteenth, how Winley does his work and much, much more. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:09.8	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.6	Today's interview guest is Shola Winley, an MLS executive vice president and the league's
0:17.8	chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer.
0:21.2	We've had some great guests lately, including Bruce Arena, Jamie Vardy and Adrienne Macias
0:27.2	and David Leah.
0:28.7	To check those out, now here's my interview with Shola Winley.
0:34.8	Our guest now is Shola Winley.
0:37.5	Since February, he has been an MLS executive vice president and the league's chief diversity
0:42.7	equity and inclusion officer.
0:45.5	Shola, it's great to see you.
0:46.8	Thanks for coming on the show.
0:47.8	Grant, thanks for having me.
0:48.8	I know that you've been looking to get us on since my announcement in February, so I
0:54.2	appreciate your patience and it's fantastic to be with you here today.
0:57.2	Thank you so much.
0:58.2	I totally understand why it's taken some time because you want to get a lay of the land
1:03.8	in the previous months here and I know you've met a lot of people.
1:08.0	You've looked into a lot of things and I have a lot of questions here.
1:12.8	This was a newly created executive position at MLS that you took and this was created
1:20.2	after the George Floyd protests last year and the formation of black players for change
1:25.9	and MLS, among other things.
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