Editor’s note: This story originally reported that MLS was considering closing its locker rooms to media starting this weekend. Shortly after publish, MLS announced that it would be closing its locker rooms to media effective immediately, in a joint move with the NHL, NBA, and MLB. The story has been updated.



Though there were talks about postponing or playing certain matches behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 outbreak, MLS went forward with its full slate of 13 games over the weekend.



The schedule included matches in Seattle (the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak), and San Jose, where county authorities had recommended “postponing or cancelling mass gatherings and large community events where large numbers of people are within arm’s length of one another.”



A league spokesperson told The Athletic that MLS engaged with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), all 26 of its clubs and other North American pro sports leagues...