News: MLS Suspends season due to Coronavirus

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  1. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     
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  2. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    The protesters aren't great at social distancing but pretty good at masking. There will likely be more covid cases due to the protests but the protesters are generally younger than the national average and probably healthier too. So fewer hospitalizations than average and fewer deaths.
     
  3. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Still not great of course. Many may live at home with more vulnerable people (parents/grandparents.)

    We really haven't seen a serious spike up yet from bad Covid behavior since April have we? This will be a real test of that.
     
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  4. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As expected, the talk of a lockout was just saber rattling.
     
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  5. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    So the NBA's inviting 22 teams to Orlando: 13 Western Conference, 9 Eastern Conference. Eight-regular season games per team. Play-in for the 8th seeds. July 31-October 12. Vote tomorrow to ratify.
    The NBA's back.
     
  6. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why just 22 teams? What about the other 8?
     
  7. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I believe only teams with a mathematical chance to make the playoffs will play the last 8 games of the regular season.
     
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  8. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh! Okay. Make sense. Thanks.
     
  9. SoccerMan94043

    SoccerMan94043 Member+

    May 29, 2003
    San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Time for a pre-toast toast thread.
     
  10. AlbertCamus

    AlbertCamus Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    Sep 2, 2005
    Colorado, USA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Bonus prize to anyone who can name two Bulgarian teams without looking it up.
     
  11. FijiUnited

    FijiUnited Member+

    Feb 21, 2007
    Orlando
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes those were Romanian clubs. But I think I have one from Bulgaria now. Levski Sofia?
     
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  12. TOAzer

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    The Man With No Club
    May 29, 2016
    Nat'l Team:
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    Bulgar Wheat FC and Arian United?
     
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  13. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    <looks around warily>
     
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  14. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Racist comment?
     
  15. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don Garber says MLS owners are cool with losing $1 billion this season due to the pandemic.
     
  16. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That may be a drop in the bucket compared to what they're losing on their other businesses.
     
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  17. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think Mr Blank is raking it in at The Home Depot.
     
  18. Crewster

    Crewster Member+

    Jan 28, 2005
    Worthington
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ludogorets Razgrad
     
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  19. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Grant Wahl is reporting this, if true...no wonder the players were mad.
     
  20. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I don't trust Grant Wahl's take on things any more.
     
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  21. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    May I ask why?
     
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  22. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    He's gone full on virtue signaling instead of reporting facts ever since the women's world cup. I don't trust that this isn't his wrong interpretation of what the player said.
     
  23. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder about that. A lot of Home Depot's business comes from contractors who are largely closed down, at least in eastern Pennsylvania where I am. This is completely anecdotal, but the several times I've been in Home Depot in the last two months, it has seemed no more or less busy than usual. Of course, maybe walk-in customers like me, there to buy some light bulbs or nails, are only a tiny factor in Home Depot's bottom line.

    There certainly are some businesses out there that are raking it in, particularly Amazon, but I'm not sure that Home Depot is among them.
     
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  24. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The extra revenue is coming from online orders. All these people stuck at home are doing home improvement projects and the idea of same day pickup or delivery beats what Amazon offers (outside of major cities).

    Contractors are officially closed down here too but there are plenty of them in the store every day.

    It's not just home improvements. Supermarkets are seeing the same trend. I look at the local job ads and just about every supermarket is advertising for "shoppers" or "pickers" to pick out online orders although the curbs don't seem particularly busy.
     
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  25. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Are contractors closed down? I haven't seen any change in contractor activity here in L.A...
     

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