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Toronto FC and D.C. United look to play their opening match at the MLS is Back Tournament for the third time on Monday morning.Toronto didn't make it out of the hotel for the 9 a.m. kickoff Sunday after a pair of COVID-19 tests prompted the match to be called off minutes before it was scheduled to start.
"The player who received an initial positive test and the player whose test was inconclusive will undergo additional testing and will not play in match." Toronto's second game against Montreal, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been pushed back to Thursday. And D.C. United's game against New England Revolution will now be played on Friday instead of Thursday.
"But we had established a set of protocols that are working as they were designed, which is to identify players that have had positive tests for COVID-19, to remove and separate them from the team and isolate them. And to continue the process of testing the other players ... We view this as the process working."
"When we receive the results of those two complete team retests, we'll be in a position to know when the game could be rescheduled," said Abbott. It added to an already stressful morning for the teams given the unusually early kickoff time — made to avoid the Florida heat. Both Toronto captain Michael Bradley and striker Jozy Altidore had criticized the 9 a.m. start, saying it was not conducive to good football.
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