The Montreal Impact returned to their training centre Monday for their first individual outdoor practice sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Impact players had been training on their own since Major League Soccer suspended play March 12. Local authorities initially turned down the MLS team’s request to get going with the voluntary individual sessions.
But the Impact got the green light to start Monday. “It feels amazing,” said captain Jukka Raitala, who is coming off a broken bone in his right leg suffered in a CONCACAF Champions League match in late February. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “The circumstances are different, way different, but we need to adapt.