By now, you’ve probably read or heard me expressing some level of concern about the MLS is Back Tournament. To quickly recap, my concerns fall mainly along two lines: 1. COVID-19 is far from contained and the matches are being held in one of the worst spots for the pandemic; 2. The games could potentially prove to be a bit of distraction from the social justice movements going on in society, which I believe deserve our attention.
As far as the COVID-19 situation goes, I think we can probably say that it’s only gotten worse over time. While I am willing to believe that the players can be kept reasonably safe, concern over the disease has already forced several matches to be rescheduled and for two teams to be completely withdrawn.