All members of the Crew have been assured they’re not at risk for contracting coronavirus after the first positive test of COVID-19 in Major League Soccer was confirmed Sunday night by the club the Crew last played.

The Seattle Sounders announced that an unnamed staff member had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but health experts concluded this individual did not pose a risk to the general public, the Crew or the Sounders.

In the four days between the March 7 match at CenturyLink Field and the positive test, the infected individual was not around either club, according to the Sounders news release. The individual is in self-isolation and the Sounders said they have been told by medical experts that no extra precautions need to be taken.

Crew spokesman Tim Miller said no players have exhibited symptoms or have been tested, and they’re being encouraged to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The club has set up a daily questionnaire via an app that players submit daily to indicate how they’re feeling in order to expedite a response if needed.

“Columbus Crew SC is aware of Seattle Sounders FC’s announcement that a support staff member of their Club tested positive this past weekend for Coronavirus (COVID-19),” a club statement read.

“As reflected in the Sounders statement, in consultation with both Major League Soccer and medical experts, it was determined that the Seattle staff member became ill four days after the Sounders-Crew match on March 7. Based on that timing, club medical staff, infectious disease specialists and public health authorities believe that this Sounders FC individual did not present a specific risk to members of our club.”

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MLS has also extended a moratorium on all team training through at least Friday (the moratorium was supposed to end Monday). The league’s season is currently suspended for 30 days, though that could change given new guidelines from the CDC on Sunday that recommend all organizations to limit crowds of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Crew changed its travel plans before heading to Seattle, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, to limit its time in the city for the last game before MLS suspended the season.

In the news release, Sounders general manager Garth Lagerway said the individual is recovering and in good spirits.

“The individual that tested positive for COVID-19 did not have access to the public on matchday, and fortunately we have no other confirmed cases within the club at this time,” Lagerway said.

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