Major League Soccer announced its return to play plan on Saturday with an 18-game regular season to be played at home markets from mid-August to early-November. As of right now, Columbus Crew SC only has six games scheduled with the first one set to take place on Thursday, Aug. 20 in Columbus against the Chicago Fire. The remaining 12 games will be announced at a later date after phase one of the regular season restart finishes by early-September.
MLS will be just the second major American sports league to play games outside a bubble amidst the coronavirus pandemic.