I’ve never been in an MLS locker room. I don’t really know what the day-to-day live is in a workplace like that. It is pretty clear that it is a singular workplace in the American landscape, set apart not only from other types of working environments, but even from any other domestic sports locker room in existence.
Sure, we all show up to our jobs and cooperate with our co-workers: do group projects, have meetings, solve problems. But an athlete goes to training, competing alongside their locker room compatriots for a starting spot, and even for a job, every day.