Major League Soccer had a tricky proposition in returning to play from the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike the NBA, NHL or many of the major European soccer leagues around the world, MLS was not nearing the end of its season when the stoppage of play began in mid-March. But different from the MLB, each team played two games pre-coronavirus, meaning the 2020 season was underway.
Given the missed time of more than three months, MLS had to figure out how to make up enough games to for the 2020 season to be worth resuming and find a way to recoup lost revenue.