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The MLS announcement comes in the wake of the NBA suspending its season on Wednesday night. Prior to the suspension of the MLS season, two MLS matches scheduled for March 21 had already been postponed in Seattle and San Jose as measures are taken to contain COVID-19, which to date has seen over 1,000 confirmed cases in the U.S.

“The safety of our players, staff and fans is our primary concern,” TFC president Bill Manning added in a statement. “We completely support the league’s decision.”

The club will determine its training plan over the weekend.

TFC players hail from various parts of the world, including star attacking midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo, who hails from Spain, where the coronavirus has hit hard, with 2,277 testing positive and 55 dying as a result of the virus.

Centre back Chris Mavinga and goalkeeper Quentin Westberg are from France, the club’s new DP Pablo Piatti — who has yet to play a game for TFC because of a hamstring strain suffered in pre-season training — is from Argentina.

Erickson Gallardo hails from Venezuela and defender Laurent Ciman is from Belgium while winger Tsubasa Endoh is from Japan.

Many of the club’s top players, including Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley, are American.

Manning told the Toronto Sun on Thursday that all the TFC players — at least at this point — will remain in Toronto during the MLS suspension.

An hour before MLS released a statement suspending all league play, TFC cancelled a scheduled practice at BMO Field. The TFC players actually arrived at BMO Field for training on Thursday, but team officials decided to cancel practice.