TUKWILA — A day after flying with his teammates on a charter flight to Nashville, Stefan Frei got some rather unfortunate news. He had tested positive for Covid-19.
Not only would he be forced to miss the Sounders’ next two games, but he was stuck on the opposite side of the country. While there are no legal restrictions against boarding a domestic flight after testing positive, neither Frei nor the team even gave it any consideration.
“It would have been extremely selfish,” Frei said about the possibility of flying.
That left Frei with two options: He could either quarantine in his hotel room and fly home after getting two negative tests or drive back to Seattle by himself and finish his recovery in Seattle.