Summer league? Am I being paranoid?

[Anonymous]

Looks like there is a good chance EDP will have a summer league in MD, as they are doing in NJ. I think the limiting factor now is that some counties in MD are in earlier phases of reopening than most of the state.

If it does happen, will be interesting to see how they structure it. Based on what they are saying for NJ, it would be as local/regional as possible, even if that means mixing age groups. Games would be spread out (weekday games for example) to reduce density at game sites.

My personal thought is we won't have fall soccer, or if we do wont have much of it. Our current Covid numbers are static but I fully expect them to go up as it spreads back to us from the states who are trending up, as our lockdowns ease. A summer league might be all we can get before cases start to rise again. I'm tempted to do it, while we are in the eye of the hurricane, but not sure if it's worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

We're in Montana for the summer, and DS has been practicing with a local team. The club started regular practices in early June, and started playing games in mid-June. It's not an official summer league, but clubs playing friendly matches against each other (mostly to compensate for the cancelled spring season). It's Montana, though, so even friendly games still require a lot of travel. A local tournament in Missoula - scheduled for mid-July - has been cancelled.

Of course, Montana is in a far better place with COVID-19 than just about any other state. The number of positive cases here is extremely low, is not rising, and the testing levels are very high. These unusual conditions don't apply in many other places.

We weren't sure what to expect, but ultimately did let DS play, and he has loved being back on the field. We know soccer will look a lot different when we return to the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're in Montana for the summer, and DS has been practicing with a local team. The club started regular practices in early June, and started playing games in mid-June. It's not an official summer league, but clubs playing friendly matches against each other (mostly to compensate for the cancelled spring season). It's Montana, though, so even friendly games still require a lot of travel. A local tournament in Missoula - scheduled for mid-July - has been cancelled.

Of course, Montana is in a far better place with COVID-19 than just about any other state. The number of positive cases here is extremely low, is not rising, and the testing levels are very high. These unusual conditions don't apply in many other places.

We weren't sure what to expect, but ultimately did let DS play, and he has loved being back on the field. We know soccer will look a lot different when we return to the DC area.

What COVID precautions are they taking? Temperaturee checks? Spectatos socially distant with masks? Kids spread out on the sideline? Just curious what the games look like in the covid era.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seeing what’s going on with Florida and Texas, doing anything because the government says it’s OK is idiotic.
Wait until fall to even consider playing contact sports, and yes, soccer is a contact sport, if you have any sense whatsoever.

Is there any evidence that spread in those states AND California is due to contact sports? Bars, restaurants and protests have been much greater impact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're in Montana for the summer, and DS has been practicing with a local team. The club started regular practices in early June, and started playing games in mid-June. It's not an official summer league, but clubs playing friendly matches against each other (mostly to compensate for the cancelled spring season). It's Montana, though, so even friendly games still require a lot of travel. A local tournament in Missoula - scheduled for mid-July - has been cancelled.

Of course, Montana is in a far better place with COVID-19 than just about any other state. The number of positive cases here is extremely low, is not rising, and the testing levels are very high. These unusual conditions don't apply in many other places.

We weren't sure what to expect, but ultimately did let DS play, and he has loved being back on the field. We know soccer will look a lot different when we return to the DC area.

What COVID precautions are they taking? Temperaturee checks? Spectatos socially distant with masks? Kids spread out on the sideline? Just curious what the games look like in the covid era.

Not that many precautions, to be honest. The club is obviously urging families to not send their kids to practices and games if anyone in the family is sick or has come into contact with anyone sick. There are signs up on the fields telling people to go home if they are sick or feeling unwell. But no one is checking temperatures. The parents and other spectators on the sidelines are asked to spread out so that each family group is at least six feet apart. At one venue, a staff member was riding around on a buggy enforcing sideline distancing. He was wearing a halved, deflated soccer ball on his head with a pool noodle attached (to indicate the required distance), so the kids all loved that! The players were not spread out on their sideline; they sat on a normal bench. There were no high-fives or handshakes on the field, however. Other than that, the games were full contact and no different than usual with the exception of one water break in the middle of each half. But that was presumably to reduce the risk of injury and because of the heat, and was not COVID-related.