Which School Soccer Video games Have Been Postponed Due to COVID-19? – KYR News

The schedule for Week 7 of the school soccer season is lighter than anticipated after six video games, together with three matchups between Energy 5 packages, have been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Southeastern Convention (SEC) was compelled to name off two video games, together with LSU’s journey to Florida.

The defending nationwide champions, who’ve misplaced two of their first three video games of the season, have been scheduled to tackle the Gators, who’re ranked No. 10 within the AP High 25 ballot, in Gainesville on Saturday however the sport was known as off on Wednesday following a pointy improve in COVID-19 instances amongst Florida gamers, coaches and staff personnel.

The Gators had suspended all soccer actions on Tuesday and a day later confirmed that a complete of 21 gamers had returned optimistic exams, leaving this system with fewer than 50 gamers accessible for Saturday’s sport in opposition to LSU. The SEC coronavirus protocol stipulates groups will need to have at the very least 53 scholarship gamers on their roster for the sport to go forward.

“All those that are optimistic on this occasion, together with some coaches and a few soccer employees, they appear to be both asymptomatic or solely experiencing delicate signs,” Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin mentioned in a press release.

“That is clearly a optimistic proper now and hopefully they’re going to proceed to not have extra extreme signs.”

Florida head coach Dan Mullen is amongst these to have returned a optimistic check, simply days after he urged followers to flock to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and assist the Gators in opposition to LSU.

Originally of the week, Missouri’s residence sport in opposition to Vanderbilt turned the primary SEC sport this season to be postponed due to coronavirus following a sequence of optimistic exams amongst Commodores gamers.

As is the case for LSU and Florida, the SEC opted to postpone the sport after Vanderbilt fell under the brink of 53 scholarship gamers accessible for the sport because of quarantine of affected gamers and get in touch with tracing. The SEC hopes to play each video games on December 12—the SEC’s lone common open date for all 14 member faculties—however it’s but to make an official announcement on the matter.

On Friday, the SEC warned convention faculties can face cumulative fines price $1 million ought to they break COVID-19 sideline protocols, which require coaches and their employees to put on a masks.

Applications might be fined $100,000 for a primary violation, with a second and third infringement leading to fines of $200,000 and $300,000. A fourth violation would value groups $400,000.

“My premise is, our head soccer coaches are leaders, essentially the most seen individuals of their packages,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey instructed ESPN.

“They set the tone. They’ve that duty on this atmosphere.”

Trevon Grimes #eight of the Florida Gators celebrates his landing in opposition to the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Gators have been scheduled to host the Tigers on October 17, however the sport has been postponed due to coronavirus.
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The SEC is not the one Energy 5 convention to have been compelled into rescheduling video games this week. On Sunday, the Huge 12 confirmed Oklahoma State’s street sport in opposition to Baylor in Waco, Texas, had been known as off because of an outbreak inside the Bears program.

In a press release, the Huge 12 indicated Baylor had briefly suspended soccer operations due to “a number of COVID-19 check outcomes”, marking the third time this season the Bears have had a sport postponed.

Their Week 2 matchup in opposition to Louisiana Tech was postponed indefinitely after a number of Bulldogs gamers examined optimistic to coronavirus, whereas their sport in opposition to Houston—which was organized following the postponement of the sport in opposition to Louisiana Tech—was known as 10 days later after the Bears roster didn’t meet the 53-player threshold.

The Huge 12 has postponed the sport to December 12, which is the provisional date for the its convention championship sport. The league, nevertheless, added the Huge 12 Championship Sport might be postponed to December 19, relying on which groups will attain the convention title showdown.

Elsewhere, the American Athletic Convention postponed Cincinnati’s street sport in opposition to Tulsa, whereas the Convention USA known as off Florida Worldwide’s go to to Charlotte and UTEP residence sport in opposition to Southern Miss.

The Atlantic Coast Convention, Huge 12 and Solar Belt conferences all kicked off their seasons as scheduled in early September, whereas the SEC started its 10-game, conference-only season on September 26.

The Huge Ten and the Pac-12 initially canceled their seasons within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, however have since revisited their positions and can kick off on October 24 and November 7 respectively.

Here is a breakdown of the Week 7 schedule for AP High 25 packages (all occasions ET, quantity denotes rating in AP ballot.)