The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday.
Major League Soccer has withdrawn the team FC Dallas from its season-starting tournament in Orlando after 10 players and a coach tested positive for Covid-19, illustrating the difficulty presented to sports leagues hoping to resume play amid the pandemic.... [+]KEY FACTS
Teams traveled to Walt Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on July 1 to take part in the MLS is Back Tournament, which is set to begin Wednesday, but the FC Dallas players began quarantining on Saturday after testing positive for the virus. “We absolutely agree with the league’s decision to withdraw FC Dallas from the MLS is Back Tournament out of safety concerns for our players and staff,” FC Dallas President Dan Hunt said in aIn a separate statement, the MLS Players Association wrote,"The removal of FC Dallas from competition in Orland is a reminder of how difficult the circumstances involving returning to work remain across all sports amidst this pandemic.
Of the 557 players in Orland for the tournament, 13 tested positive for the coronavirus, according toWhile Florida has now become one of the United States' hotspots for the surging Covid-19 outbreak, the NBA and WNBA are also set to play games at Disney World in late July., the NHL and its players' association reached a tentative agreement to begin its playoffs on August 1, splitting teams between two hub cities, reportedly decided to be Toronto and Edmonton in Canada.
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