World Soccer

End in sight

2020 has been a year of interruption, improvisation and unity in Major League Soccer, but perhaps the most notable aspect of its 25th season is that there has been a season at all.

No sooner had it begun in late February, it was put on hold in March by the global pandemic that provides a backdrop for the football stories covered on these pages, and for those reading them.

The quirks of MLS – its schedule,

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