Thierry Henry is not someone given to making excuses. In fact his unease is palpable when asked to talk about the challenges his team and the other two Canadian clubs in MLS face in this most unusual of soccer seasons.
The travel, every home game is played in New Jersey thanks to Covid restrictions, weighs heavily on his players, who must spend several days on end away from family and home. It’s a hotel existence, lived in a constant bubble.
And if they do get an opportunity to go home, they must self-isolate, when they get there.