Major League Soccer plans to resume play with a World Cup-style tournament in Orlando later this summer. Details are still being finalised, but it will see teams enter in a group stage before a round of knockout matches structured in the same as a World Cup.
Players, coaches and other staff will live in hotels at Disney World while games are played at ESPN’s Wide World of Sport. It should not go unnoticed that ESPN, which is owned by Disney, is desperate for live sports to show and has been a key broadcaster of MLS matches.