NWSL eases player training restrictions, but only for individual sessions

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 4:19 PM CDT Monday, May. 4, 2020

The NWSL has followed Major League Soccer in allowing individual outdoor player workouts under strict guidelines.

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The NWSL has followed Major League Soccer in allowing individual outdoor player workouts under strict guidelines.

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The NWSL has followed Major League Soccer in allowing individual outdoor player workouts under strict guidelines.

The league says such workouts at team training fields are voluntary and must follow the mandates of local health authorities and government.

Like the MLS, the NWSL workout protocol do not include access to indoor club facilities. Team weight rooms and training rooms are only accessible to players receiving medical treatments that can’t be performed at home.

The NWSL guidelines call for teams to limit staff involved to essential personnel.

Players will have to undergo a daily symptom screening prior to entering team facilities for the individual workouts, which can start Wednesday. Clubs will also have to clean and disinfect all commonly touched surfaces daily.

The league-wide moratorium on full team training remains in place through May 15.

The NWSL season, the league’s eighth, was scheduled to start April 18. It has been delayed indefinitely by the global pandemic.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 4, 2020.