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ESPN Daily

MLS is Back: Details on the Tournament, Bubble, and More

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

MLS is back! The aptly titled MLS is Back Tournament kicks off tonight in Orlando, Florida at Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Despite FC Dallas being forced to pull out of the tournament after a rash of positive coronavirus tests, as well as the postponement of multiple matches, squads are set to square off in the Florida heat and humidity. ESPN's Taylor Twellman shares what life in the MLS bubble has been like so far: from training, anxiety around injury and COVID-19, to questionable sandwiches. Then, Taylor and Mina discuss the tournament format, and which teams are most primed to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Don, what happened here with this club where it had just those three positive tests before heading to Orlando, and then you see that spike upon arrival?

0:08.6

Well, you know, it starts with the best way for us to ensure that we have our players in an environment that protects them is to put them into a centralized location.

0:19.4

We have health and safety protocols, regular testing,

0:22.8

and this actually proves that the protocol is working, that they were, in essence, stopped

0:29.5

before they entered the bubble. And once we saw that the numbers of players that were coming

0:34.4

in from Dallas were testing the way they were. It was a fairly easy decision.

0:43.2

That was Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, making the case that his league is ready to return.

0:49.7

Like other leaders in sports, he's facing questions over whether that's true.

0:54.0

But unlike most other

0:55.3

commissioners, his league returns tonight. The MLS tournament is going to be a World Cup-style

1:01.5

frenzy, but with one team out due to the virus and several games postponed, it remains to be

1:08.2

seen if the league can overcome the frenzy off the field, too.

1:12.6

I mean, it times, it's Wednesday, July 8th.

1:15.9

This is ESPN Daily.

1:24.5

The sandwiches did look pretty bad.

1:30.4

Oh, God. Oh, God.

1:31.6

You kidding me?

1:32.2

And you know what's funny?

1:33.4

I heard those pictures were manipulated.

1:35.9

Because we've got to, Mina, get this.

1:38.0

We've got people inside.

1:39.7

And the picture looks way different than what was put on Instagram and social media.

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