“For us to be in a direction of some possible training in the future or competition in the future, whether here or back in our market, it’s going to take consecutive negative tests, and consecutivedays, weeks in a row where everybody feels really safe and we can we can be together again in a training […]
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What They're Saying: Andre Shinyashiki
“I have a lot of empathy for the guys on the team that have families, they’re going to have to leave their families behind. Maybe some guys don’t speak the language, maybe they havea kid that’s newborn or things like that, so I feel nervous for them, not necessarily for me because I’m young and […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Sports can’t restart safely right now By Abraar Karan and Ranu Dhillon (WashingtonPost) 2. The anthem debate Is back. But now it’s standing that’s polarizing. By John Branch (New York Times) 3. ‘All about the money’: The decline of Minnesota United’s youthacademy By Eli Hoff (SB Nation)
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MLS: Covid-19 testing results from Swan and Dolphin bubble
June 28: 2 positives from 329 tests on or before June 28. June 30: 4 new positives (6 total positives) from 392 tests on June 29-30. July 2: 6 new positives, 4 players(12 total positives, 10 players) from 855 tests on July 1-2. July 4: 2 new positives (14 total positives, 12 players) from 1,151 […]
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Covid-19: Uncertainty weighs on everyone waiting to see how penetrable is MLS bubble
The terrifying aspect of the coronavirus is itsuncertainty, wrecking plans for individuals and businesses to move forward with their lives and plans with any assurance. Datebook: MLS is Back Tournament schedule That uncertainty weighs over the MLS is Back Tournament and those teams already in the bubble at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Federal loan saved a soccer season nearly lost to the pandemic By Andrew Keh and Andrew Das (New York Times) 2. Disney workers won’t stay in NBA bubble — and many live in coronavirushot spots By Ryan Gillespie (Orlando Sentinel) 3. Six years after scoring last USMNT WorldCup goal, Julian Green eyes return to […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. MLS: ‘Fyre Fest’ sando pics are … not from inside Disney bubble! (TMZ Sports) 2. Racial bias in football commentary (Study) By Danny McLoughlin (RunRepeat) 3. ‘No one is immune’: Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy shares his Covid-19 story By Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic)
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What They're Saying: Michael McCann
“Let’s face it, schools in the Southeastern Conference have a real incentive to get football back and they will be under pressure to resume sports. Schools in other parts of the countrywhere college sports may not generate the same level of revenue [like] New England may not have the same set of incentives. They may […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. How Lisa Baird and NWSL players arrived at a new national anthem policy By Meg Linehan (TheAthletic) 2. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins calls for suspension of group youth sports amid record coronavirus count ByCallie Caplan and Greg Riddle (Dallas Morning News) 3. After cuts, Minnesota Unitedseeing youth academy players exit By Andy Greder […]
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Uncertainty about what college soccer will look like in the fall remains high
As a new wave of serious outbreaks of the coronavirus hits parts of the country in late June, uncertainty about what college will like in the fall remains high — how students will take their classes,where they were reside and what extracurricular activities will be available. That includes college athletics — if and when and […]