Yesterday was about as surreal an experience I’ve ever had covering a soccer game, or any other sporting event. Everything about it was weird, from the new COVID-19 media protocols, the socially distanced crowd, and having a postgame press conference via Zoom from just a few hundred feet from where Oscar Pareja and the players actually were.
But the weirdest part of yesterday was the mood. The sports protests yesterday played out from shortly before I left for the stadium and lasted all evening. It put a damper on covering the game, and sports, which generally serve as a nice distraction, weren’t quite able to do that last night.