What is your Fall forecast for soccer?

[Anonymous]

Bundesliga’s been deemed ready to return because Germany has handled this pandemic much better than the US. They started preparing in January before they’d even had a case. We still hadn’t gone into lockdown back in March, and a presidential candidate said on national TV that it was safe for people to go vote in person in a primary. It’s apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Found these guidelines from England as part of "Project Restart" (the plan to start on June 8). Of course, games would be without fans. That's a given for awhile, but was kind of interesting was the level the undertaking they are launching just to TRAIN the players.

"If training is resumed before social distancing rules are relaxed, BBC Sport understands players will be tested for coronavirus twice a week and would be screened for symptoms every day.

All tests would be carried out by health professionals at a drive-through NHS testing facility that each club would have access to. Training grounds will be optimised for social distancing and high hygiene levels.

In addition:

Players must arrive at training grounds in kit and wear masks at all times.
They must not shower or eat on the premises. If clubs want to provide players with food, it must be delivered as a takeaway to players' cars.
Only essential medical treatment would be allowed, with all medical staff in full PPE.
All meetings and reviews must take place virtually and off-site.
--BBC Sports

Found this interesting because people often remark the reason there is no football is because of the crowd problem (which basically doesn't apply to youth soccer). However, this is quite a list they are undertaking just to train, absent any crowd issue. Not even sure the MLS is doing this level of oversight.

I saw something on MLS today. They were letting players back for individual training. They get checked for fever, wear a mask, 8’ apart and no passing.

Here is more

MLS rules stipulate that no more than eight players may train at once, and they may work out only on outdoor fields. Players were limited to working in specific parts of the field. Reporters were not allowed to be present.

“It’s good to see teammates,” Atlanta United defender George Campbell said in a team-released statement. “We can’t get too close to them. It’s refreshing to be back. We are hungry to be back. We have to take baby steps. We need to be cautious and have safety as our No. 1 goal. It feels good to be back.”

Orlando City players wore facemasks whenever they were near teammates and team staffers, according to ProSoccerUSA.com

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/four-mls-teams-restart-training