This game probably should not be happening. I’ve said that a lot since the pandemic hit and I originally called for the cancelation of the season. Subsequently, I’ve resigned myself to understand that they were going to play and that I should treat it as close to normal as I could. That all changed when it came out that Minnesota United’s game with FC Dallas was postponed because a player had tested positive.
Five days is not enough time to be sure that no one else will test positive. We don’t have reason to believe that sometime between now and game time won’t test positive, and even if you one hundred percent believe in the quality of The Loons contract tracing and ability to contain the spread to that one player, why take the risk?