“Now it’s for real … we’re back.” — French star Kylian Mbappe before Paris St. Germain’s first game since March, a preseason match at Le Havre that drew5,000 fans in the first encounter in front of fans for one of Europe’s elite clubs since the Covid-19 outbreak. The Ligue 1 season was canceled so PSG […]
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Covid-19: Completion of Swiss Super League threatened
Like many European countries, Switzerland bent the curve, reducing the number of new Covid-19 cases that hit a high of almost 1,500 a day in March to single-digit daily numbers in June. By since the end of last month, the numbers have been climbing, hitting a new high of 220 new cases on July 2. […]
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What They're Saying: Luchi Gonzalez
“I’m very proud that we followed all the protocols leading up to the travel. And when we got here to Orlando, there were so many things you can’t control, but in hindsight, we probably needed to havea test on the Friday before our Saturday travel. Our last test was the Thursday and we had all […]
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Covid-19: Sporting KC is fourth confirmed MLS team to have player test positive
Two days before its first game in the MLS is Back Tournament,Sporting Kansas City confirmed that one its players tested positive for Covid-19. He received a pair of consecutive positive test results and was moved to an isolation area of the Swanand Dolphin resort where all 26 teams are staying. They include FC Dallas and […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Thierry Henry kneels for 8:46 while wearing BLM shirt during MLS tournament By Jason Owens (Yahoo Sports) 2. New Mexico governor postpones contact sports at high schools in fall ByJustin Martinez (Las Cruces Sun-News) 3. The ‘ghost’: 4 top-flight clubs,3 continents over 9 months. Zero matches played By Jack Lang (The Athletic)
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Nashville SC's Ian Ayre: 'This virus is indiscriminate'
As expansion seasons go, no MLS team hasendured what Nashville SC has gone through in Year 1. Nashville won MLS’s expansion sweepstakes in 2017, coming out of nowhere to beat out 11 other cities. The big reason was theagreement it reached with Metro Nashville on a new stadium at the Fairgrounds Nashville. But on the […]
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College soccer: Big Ten moves to conference-only model for fall
The Big Ten became the biggest NCAA Division I conference to adjust its sports plan for the fall by moving to a conference-only model in face of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Thedecision affects men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, women’s volleyball and football, a Power 5 conference. […]
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TFC II pulls out of 2020 USL League One
Toronto FC II, Toronto FC’s second team, has withdrawn from the 2020 USL League One season due to what Toronto FC described as the “current public health restrictions.” How thoserestrictions would impact the Reds if MLS resumed its regular-season schedule is not known. The NBA Raptors headed to Florida early to train at Florida Gulf […]
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College soccer: Nine more JC programs cancel fall programs
Nine more community college programs — five in Minnesota, two in Upstate New York and one each in Virginia and Washington — have in the last week cancelled fall sports offerings that include men’sor women’s soccer. Suspendedfall programs: communitycollege California: Fresno City (M/W) Clovis (M/W) Reedley (W) Taft (M/W) West Hills Lemoore (M/W)Florida: Eastern Florida […]
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FC Dallas exits MLS is Back Tournament after Covid-19 outbreak
FC Dallas is out of the MLS is BackTournament. Two days before its start, FC Dallas was pulled out of the tournament in Florida after 10 players and one coach tested positive last week for Covid-19. Thedecision was announced on Monday afternoon. MLS had already postponed the opening FC Dallas game, scheduled for Thursday against […]