In some ways Major League Soccer is in a better position than most to handle the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic that has halted every other soccer league on the planet. While the Premier League wrangles with whether or not to hand Liverpool the title on the basis of just 29 fixtures completed of a 38-game season, MLS doesn’t have that problem.
After just two rounds of fixtures of the 2020 season, there are no frontrunners, no political fallout from the refusal to hand out the trophy everyone wants to lift aloft.