At Saturday’s Orlando City SC soccer game, the first major sporting event in Orlando since last Sunday’s tragic massacre, players took the field to the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” wearing specially-made shirts emblazoned with rainbow hearts.
"All you need is love." #OrlandoUnited #ORLvSJ https://t.co/BDwDRh0f37
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 19, 2016
In the stands, 50 reserved seats sat empty, each festooned with a colored balloon: 49 seats for each of the Pulse nightclub shooting victims and one for Voice singer Christina Grimmie.
50 seats reserved for the 49 victims of Pulse shooting, w/ 50th balloon & seat for Christina Grimmie #OrlandoUnited pic.twitter.com/va1KVWPSbb
— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) June 18, 2016
Major League Soccer also played this video before the game, featuring MLS players including out L.A. Galaxy player Robbie Rogers.
We stand with Orlando. #OrlandoUnited https://t.co/OkzB4t6Ji7
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 18, 2016
A moment of silence was held at the 49th minute of the game.
A moment of silence in honor of the 49 victims of the Orlando tragedy #OrlandoUnited https://t.co/H3JaNjsfiI
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 19, 2016
The Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride teams made a joint video showing support for the victims.
We are #OrlandoUnited. https://t.co/8olpvDygIL
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) June 18, 2016
