VS. DATE / TIME: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:30 PM EDT MATCH PREVIEW: MLS Match Preview VENUE: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Bay Lake, Florida GAMETIME FORECAST: Mostly clear Temp: 79° Feels Like: 88° TELEVISION BROADCAST: TUDN COMCAST: Channel 586 HD Verizon FiOS: Channel 1539 HD, Channel 1524 SD MLS IS BACK TOURNAMENT GROUP STANDINGS CURRENT MLS STANDINGS MLS INJURY REPORT MLS DISCIPLINE REPORT LAST MEETING: First ever meeting
You should double-check these numbers. They're just what I got from a search on the two companies' websites, so take them with a grain of salt. MLS's website says you can stream with the TUDN app, as well, and you can watch on Canada's TSN, but you're on your own to figure that one out.
Trying to beat the Florida heat, I assume. Plus isn't this whole tournament taking place on something like four fields?
I get it's hot in Florida but not really much hotter than Philly this time of year. What are home match start times for Orlando City in "normal times?" Right now MLS has team sports all to itself in North America and they're putting two east coast teams on at a time that'll mean a 12:30 am final whistle.
I think the humidity in Florida is typically higher late afternoon than it is here (so a higher wetbulb or "feels-like" temp) as well as chance of thunderstorms so in order to get all the games on TV unopposed they did the 9am/8pm/10:30pm split. If nothing else, the 9 am start time got a lot of media coverage for the unusual nature of the thing. I know the last few weeks here have been hot and humid but here it is inconsistent and we might get a few days in the 80's. In central Florida a low 90's high for a day is the exception, usually mid to upper 90's I think. I'm sure you could check a weather site but who wants to bring facts to a Union related discussion.
In real-time, that looked like a handball, but it's clearly not in slow-mo. This is what VAR is for, right? Edit: VAR saves the day!
Well, stoppage was a little hairier than I'd have preferred, but they got the 3 points and punched their ticket to the knockout round. A good night!
Excellent- earned at least one more game in the tournament...if it lasts through the Covid. #wearamask