Photo: Earl Garnder
Philadelphia Union
Do you remember this Roland Alberg hat trick from back in 2016?
Will the MLS is Back Tournament be the stage Brenden Aaronson breaks out on?
Or will it be Sergio Santos’ time in the spotlight.
The Union have the 2nd best academy in MLS.
After agreeing to a return to play agreement, USL clubs can begin training.
Ray Gaddis on the MLS Black Players Coalition.
MLS
Who else could make a name for themselves in the upcoming tournament.
Is this former Atlanta United player set to join Inter Miami?
How do teams keep training after a positive COVID-19 test?
Jozy Altidore is back in Canada, now he gets to train alone for 2 weeks.
Remember when Anthony Precourt wanted money from Columbus? Austin FC have broken ground on a $45 million privately funded training center.
Is this PR firm responsible for FC Cincinnati’s poor marketing results.
World
The Orlando Pride will not take part in the NWSL Challenge Cup after 10 positive COVID-19 tests between players and staff.
Manchester City made sure Liverpool can’t win the league on Wednesday.
Ben Mee with the correct (and only) answer to the plane that flew over the Eithad.
There are 2 more Premier League games on this afternoon if you’ll be working from home.
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Lays it off then brilliantly holds his run specifically hoping for a rebound.
Louisville City of the USLC has received all the necessary permissions to have some fans attend matches at their new stadium.
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Here is the URL for the story: https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1110438
Remember that links do not work from comments boxes.
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Highlights, according to me. Mandatory temperature checks. If you fail you are denied entry. Mandatory face coverings. STadium opens 90 minutes early and ticket holders get told which gate and when.
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Capacity is described as “up to 50%” so probably it will be considerably less, and right now there is not yet any sale of individual tickets. Season ticket holders will all be accommodated first. Those seats will be re-assigned to create appropriate social distancing.
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Concessions will all be wrapped and lidded, and transactions will occur via plexiglass shielding. No cash transactions. The article does not say how you are supposed to drink a beer through a face mask.
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Sons of Ben membership packages might include face masks with built-in straws, after the hoodies with the built-in beer bottle holding slot they had a few years ago? 😉
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AS you would expect extra effort will be made to deep clean and maintain points of shared contact such as handrails.
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There is no discussion of restroom procedures, which strikes me as a major oversight since — following Outback Steakhouse from several years ago — restrooms could easily be labelled the “Used Beer Department.”
Humblest apologies. The link above is to the wrong story.
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Here is the correct link.
https://www.loucity.com/news_article/show/1110373
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Sorry about that.