We want to share where we stand with regards to team travel as out of state tournaments and showcases get closer for some of our teams. At this time, given the state of the pandemic team travel remains suspended at Seattle United.
We as a club are following the WA governor’s guidelines for travel along with recommendations from the RCS committee, which directs the RCL clubs on policies along with WYSA. We are also working internally with our medical and travel committee to put forward a travel policy for when travel is approved.
Events held before January 1st 2021 fall into the NCAA recruiting dead period; this meaning no Division 1 schools can attend the event in person for recruiting.
D2 and D3 schools can currently attend events such as the November ECNL showcase, however, we have reached out to a large number of these schools especially on the West Coast and many have shared that they will not be attending due to their own school travel restrictions and/or budget restrictions that have been placed on their programs per the Covid situation.
Seattle United’s main focus is to the health and welfare of our players and families. We are evaluating this situation weekly and once travel is approved/recommended we will be working with those teams who need to travel.
