Major League Soccer suspends season for 30 days due to coronavirus

UPDATE (8:45am):  Major League Soccer has just made it official, announcing a 30-day suspension of all league matches.

Major League Soccer Suspends Season for 30 Days pic.twitter.com/P0HEPmsnkx

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 12, 2020

Earlier Thursday, Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated broke the news:

MLS is suspending its season immediately until further notice due to coronavirus, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Sports Illustrated.

— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) March 12, 2020

The Portland Timbers were previously scheduled to play their first road game of the year on Sunday at the New England Revolution on 750 The Game.  That game and broadcast will no longer take place.

Thirty days from Thursday’s announcement would be Saturday, April 11th.  The Timbers matches previously scheduled within that time frame include:

Sun., March 15th:  at New England Revolution
Sun., March 22nd: at LAFC
Sun., March 28th: vs Philadalphia Union
Sat., April 4th: at Houston Dynamo
Sat., April 11th: vs FC Dallas

The first game scheduled after that 30-day window is currently Sunday, April 19th at Atlanta United.

More to come.

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