Major League Soccer’s return to its practice fields for players’ individualized trainings has come with a series of precautions – measures intended to keep facilities safe in a time of COVID-19. As announcements describing social-distance sessions emerged, it was easy to wonder how much real training could possibly happen, or how the players would feel about the new approach.
On Thursday, the same day that he returned to the Portland Timbers Training Center in Beaverton, Oregon, forward Jeremy Ebobisse left no doubt as to how he felt.
“It felt almost therapeutic to be back out there on the field .