
Inter Miami’s Higuain, Gonzalez Pirez out for MLS playoff game due to COVID-19
Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Inter Miami CF will be without striker Gonzalo Higuain and defender Leandro Gonzalez Pirez for their MLS Cup Playoffs play-in game against Nashville SC on Friday due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the team. The team confirmed to the Miami Herald, ESPN and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Friday that three Inter Miami players were not "medically cleared" -- the same language MLS clubs have used on injury reports for players who test positive for COVID-19. Advertisement League sources told the Herald and ESPN that Gonzalez Pirez, Gonzalo Higuain, and his brother, Leandro Higuain, were the players not cleared to play. The game -- scheduled for 9 p.m. EST in Nashville -- is still expected to be played as scheduled. Gonzalez Pirez has two goals and an assists in 16 starts this se...