After a long break, D.C. United has just one sleep between their return to play in Major League Soccer. The 127 days have included major crises dominating the news, a lengthy break where players couldn’t train together, and will take place within the MLS is Back Tournament structure rather than simply a traditional regular season.
That strangeness extends to the setting: a field generally used for youth tournaments in Orlando, where United will play the role of “visitor” against their “host” Toronto FC. MLS has moved its teams to a bubble at a Disney resort, with games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.