For the second straight year, the Millsaps women's soccer team will take part in Play with Pride Week, a week sponsored by the United Soccer Coaches LGBT & Allies Advocacy Group. 

Play with Pride Week was started last season as a way to celebrate diversity of sexual orientation throughout the sport of soccer and to celebrate LGBT players, coaches, referees and fans. 

For Saturday's home match against Rhodes, the women's soccer team will participate in the Play with Pride project by wearing rainbow shoelaces and t-shirts. 

Majors women's soccer head coach Sarah Arsenault explained that taking part in the Play with Pride is important to the team because they're very proud of the history of diversity and inclusion within women's soccer. 

"It's our way of sending the message that every person, on every team, is valued and respected," she said.