Major League Soccer will return to action July 8 with a World Cup-style tournament that will run through Aug. 11 in the Orlando area.
All 26 teams will take part in the "MLS is Back Tournament" at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox
"But very importantly doing it with games of consequence, so a total prize pool of $1 million ... All of this is our best foot forward to do what we can in an exciting, compelling and meaningful way to return to play for 2020." The July 8 tournament start comes after the midway point of the original schedule. Toronto FC, for example, would have played 22 of its 34 regular-season games under its original schedule by then while the number would have been 20 for Montreal and 21 for Vancouver.
If an individual tests positive as part of routine testing, they will be isolated with contact tracing undertaken. That means Canada could get two berths in the CONCACAF Champions League if a Canadian team wins the MLS tournament. The Canadian Championship winner also qualifies, although details of this year's tournament have yet to be announced.
The other five seeds are the four semifinalists from the 2019 playoffs -- Toronto FC, Atlanta United, Los Angeles FC and the Seattle Sounders -- plus Real Salt Lake, the team with the next highest points total in the Western Conference from the 2019 season.The Eastern Conference, which will become home to Nashville SC for the remainder of the 2020 season, will have three groups -- one consisting of six teams and two consisting of four teams each.
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