NWSL player tests positive for COVID-19

A National Women’s Soccer League player on an unidentified team has tested positive for COVID-19 just nine days before the start of the league’s Challenge Cup Tournament in Utah.It is the league’s first reported case of the illness caused by the coronavirus.“The health and safety of the players and staff is of utmost importance and the NWSL is doing everything to ensure the affected player is receiving proper care,” the NWSL said in a statement Thursday.The impacted