For the entire month on July and into August, I was able to cover the MLS is Back 2020 Tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in Orlando, Fl. I covered this tournament for Zuma Press and this was the first major sporting event to happen during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. This event proved that sports would go on while operating in a “bubble” to prevent the spread of the virus amongst players. Since the start of the tournament, not one player contracted the virus from within the bubble. As a credentialed photographer outside of the bubble, each day we had to answer a self assessment questionnaire and pass through temp checks at security. The entire MLS crew handled everything extremely well and everyone was very accommodating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our shooting locations were not ideal. All photographers were stationed in one corner of the field about 15 feet behind the fencing. Most of my matches I had to shoot through the netting. Not ideal but I was glad to be there to cover the events. Hopefully more MLS is in my future once regular season matches start up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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