The league said in a press release Thursday that the
lending group includes Carver Bancorp in New York and Citizens Trust Bank in
Atlanta. The loan was facilitated by the National Black Bank Foundation (NBBF),
a nonprofit.
"Major League Soccer’s partnership with the National
Black Bank Foundation is a tangible step in the efforts to close the racial economic
gap in the United States, and it’s the right business decision for us,” MLS
Commissioner Don Garber said in the release.
"As a league, we continue to increase our initiatives in
support of racial justice,” Garber added. “This transaction … is an important
measure, and it is our hope this will raise awareness of the importance of
Black-owned banks and their impact on the economy.”
"Major League Soccer has raised the bar for
corporate America with this transformative partnership," Ashley Bell, the NBBF’s
co-founder and general counsel, said in the release.
"If other leagues and major corporations follow the
MLS model, lives of Black families all across this country will change for the
better because their local Black bank will have the capital resources to
approve historic numbers of home and small business loans,” Bell added.
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