Chicago, IL - The Chicago Fire have proudly announced that they are going to be changing their tune going forward and will be celebrating diversity and inclusion in the soccer community by putting a spotlight on all the different nationalities of Europe in the stands and on the field.

“You don't really hear about these demographics in the soccer world like Polish people or British people,” Club President Nelson Rodriguez said,” we took a look in our stands and we wanted everyone to feel like they are represented equally. Especially Finland. Suomi my brothers.”

The night will include food from every European nation, constant Euro-pop during halftime, the national anthems of every country in Europe before the game, and players on the field will only be able to speak in their native tongues. He added that players with no roots in Europe will receive a discounted version of Rosetta Stone to learn their favorite language before the night.

“But only European languages.” Rodriguez was sure to add when describing the night, “We don’t want any Europeans feeling left out of their special night.”

He also went on to say that he will kindly be asking the supporters section to sing in Italian for the night to make fans feel welcome.

“We will be carefully watching them and how they act during all of this so they don’t take attention away from this very special night for our fans,” he said.

“We as a club need to really connect with who is cheering for us, and make that extra effort to bring in people from all parts of Europe and make them feel welcome. That is what diversity is all about.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the Fire continue their bid for a JD Power Award in Diversity and Inclusion.