obviously you havent payed close attention to those flags being flown on nw side.. the american flag is always being waved along side and another above all of the other national flags displayed.. yes the american flag does stand for freedom freedom to express the love for ones heritage and/or birthplace those flags dont just represent the diversity of the team but those flags represent the birthplaces of some of the players on the team dennis born in liberia, ricky born in costa rica, alex and former player enzo martinez in uruguay, coach dom wren and coach graham stafford in england, coach michael chumah in kenya, javier bonilla and other former players in honduras, former player santiago jimenez in columbia, and several others from mexico along with the american flag.. if you want to get critical the american flag is above all of these flags on the flag pole too. what about irmo's rastafarian flags seems to be no complaints there?