A player for Sporting Kansas City has tested positive for COVID-19 in Orlando. Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Reports: Sporting KC player tests positive for coronavirus in tournament bubble

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 10, 2020 3:33 PM ET

Insider Kelvin Coello, The Athletic's Sam Stejskal and Pablo Maurer, and ESPN's Stefano Fusaro are all reporting one Sporting Kansas City player tested positive for the coronavirus at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex bubble site being used for the MLS is Back tournament.

El Sporting Kansas City, club donde juega el hondureño Roger Espinoza tiene un caso positivo de coronavirus. Estará debutando el domingo. Ojo que si esto sigue en aumento, el torneo está en peligro.
— Kelvin Coello ® (@kelvincoelloHN) July 10, 2020

Multiple sources tell @MLSist and I that a Sporting Kansas City player has been confirmed as positive for COVID-19. Club arrived in Orlando on Sunday, tested negative upon entry, has been training. First game scheduled for this coming Sunday against Minnesota.
— Sam Stejskal (@samstejskal) July 10, 2020

Neither Sporting KC nor MLS responded to the story as of Friday afternoon.

Earlier this week, FC Dallas and Nashville SC both withdrew from the tournament following virus outbreaks among club personnel.

A concern as it pertains to this unconfirmed situation is that all Kansas City players tested negative for the coronavirus upon arrivals to the Florida hub. If the positive result is deemed accurate, it's likely the infected person unintentionally exposed others to the virus.

Sporting KC begin their MLS is Back campaign versus Minnesota United on Sunday.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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