FC Dallas pulled out of Major League Soccer’s tournament in Florida after 10 players and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, M.L.S. officials announced on Monday.
The positive tests appeared after the team arrived in Orlando, Fla., on July 1, where the tournament starts July 8 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort. All of the team’s players, coaches and staff were quarantining in their rooms as of July 4, according to The Associated Press.
Three players from two other teams also tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 13 out of 557 players in Orlando. The remaining 25 clubs are set to compete in the monthlong tournament in one of the first professional sports to return to competition. The N.B.A. and W.N.B.A. are set to hold similar tournaments in Florida later in July.
“Given the impact of the number of positive tests on the club’s ability to train and play competitive matches, we have made the decision to withdraw FC Dallas from the M.L.S. is Back Tournament,” M.L.S. Commissioner Don Garber said in a statement.
Source: Soccer - nytimes.com
