March’s Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has caused soccer on all levels, from professional to grassroots, to be suspended. Players, Coaches and Parents alike are missing the beautiful game and are waiting patiently for a restart.

When games begin again, social distancing mandates will need to be enforced and adhered to in an effort avoid a resurgence of the spread and to protect not only our children but our communities. Here is how Professional club FC Dallas plans to manage the recent approval to begin youth soccer again:

While there is not enough known about COVID–19 to predict the future, “Limiting face-to-face contact with others is the best way to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease,” states the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Unfortunately, according to a recent Harvard report*, social distancing may be with us longer than anyone suspects — perhaps even until 2022.

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