PREFACE: We are still an information service even though there is no soccer for a least the next several weeks we are here to provide the latest updates from each league as the world continues to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19). We hope to do this on a weekly basis until soccer resumes.
MLS: Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber went on ESPN’s “Get Up!” on Tuesday to discuss how the MLS season will play out once it is all clear to do so. Garber is still intent for the league to play its 34-match season in its entirety.
“Our intent is to play as many games as we possibly can,” Garber said. “That means moving our regular season later into November, it means moving the MLS Cup back to mid-December and we’ve had that for many, many years.”
Garber also said that he is confident that the league can retain its playoff format of single elimination matches from last season which proved very popular.
NWSL: The NWSL officially delayed the start of its regular season which was set for April 18th last Friday. The league it is continuing to follow the guidelines released by the Center for Disease Control (CDL). The training moratorium has been extended until at least April 5th.
USL: The USL Championship and USL League One had already delayed starting its respective seasons to May 10th last Wednesday. USL League Two followed suit last Friday. No word yet on when its season will commence.
BUNDESLIGA: The DFL announced on Tuesday that both the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 would be suspended until at least April 30th. The DFL also postponed its tender for media rights originally planned for May and has now been planned for the following month. Various clubs have announced that their players have taken pay cuts to help other employees at clubs. Players at Union Berlin have announced that they would go entirely without wages while Borussia Mönchengladbach have offered to do the same thing.
LA LIGA: The Royal Spanish Football Federation announced an indefinite suspension of all professional football and would not resume until the Spanish government determines it is safe to do so.
COVID-19 LATEST: At the time of this reporting, there have been over 467,000 confirmed cases in 173 countries and regions. Over 21,000 people have died while there have been nearly 114,000 recoveries.
The USA has reported 65,285 cases with 926 deaths. Canada has reported 3,251 cases with thirty deaths. We at Prost Amerika and Prost International strongly recommend that you follow instructions from the appropriate health authorities in order to slow the spread of the virus. The sooner all obey such guidelines, then the sooner we can all enjoy soccer again.
