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Raphael Wicky discusses the MLS is Back tournament’s weirdest quirks

There are many strange things about Major League Soccer. So, it’s not at all surprising that the upcoming “MLS is Back” tournament in Orlando also contains a bunch of quirks.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all 26 teams will have to deal with living in quarantine at a Disney resort, and with playing games before no fans. But the Chicago Fire will have a couple additional challenges—including, how to contend with playing in the tournament’s only six team group.

“It is a fact that it is a little more difficult to qualify in a group of six than a group of four,” Fire head coach Raphael Wicky said in news conference today.