U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Alexi Lalas on the impact the coronavirus has had on Major League Soccer.
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will welcome back. Twenty percent of soccer
will welcome back twenty percent of soccer
players tested positive for
Covid 19 at some point. This
season, thats according to an
official with major League
Soccer Players association.
This comes as more Columbus crew
players test positive to the
virus this week, just ahead of
the MLS Cup final
lets bring in u DOT S soccer hall
of Famer and Fox Sports analyst
Alexi Lalas to talk about the
effect.
Tell us how this game could be
impacted by any Covid 19
positive cases.
Well, look! This is two thousand and twenty.
This is what leagues, and this is
what businesses deal with
and you have to be able to be
flexible and adjust. I think
major league soccer has done a
tremendous job in to twenty of
tipping2020businesses survive th.
There have been layoffs and
furloughs and pay cuts, like all
businesses out there,
mls bubble down in Orlando,
completed regular season
playoffs and here in Columbus
for MLS Cup.
A lot of goes to men and women
been able to do this and players
on the field who have dealt with
two thousand and twenty and two thousand and twenty is Covid
will. As I mentioned, the MLS Cup
final is tonight.
This is the conclusion of the
season.
25Th season
its on fox.
There is going to be a special,
the MLS featuring the Columbus
crew and Seattle Sounders
tonight at 800 p, DOT M eastern
time.
I like how you frame this game.
Two franchises on the cusp of
something
crew were on the cusp of
extension just a few years ago,
and you think the sounders are
on the cusp of a dynasty.
You have the Seattle Sounders,
who now have been for the last
four of five mls cups and
possibly winning three of those
cups
on the cusp of what is a lot of
people would consider a dynasty
which isnt that easy in a
league like Mss, and then you
have the Columbus crew who three
years ago, I will raise my hand, I
thought they were leaving and
the people in Columbus said. No,
we are going to save the crew.
They got new ownership,
they are not only in MLS Cup
today, but they also have a new
stadium come online,
not for the indr he haddable
work for the people of Columbus
and the fans. This team would
not be here.
This is a celebration of what
was is and what is to come
will absolutely.
I know you have talked in the
past im. A big soccer fan
excited to watch tonight, the MLS
Cup final, big story for Columbus.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-17.