Hurricane Milton hit Florida on Wednesday, inflicting devastation within the Tampa space, the Gulf Coast and elsewhere.
Of the listing of issues impacted by Milton’s, school soccer is fairly far down. Nonetheless, the storm has prompted some scheduling chaos for the game, notably for faculties within the Sunshine State. Earlier this week, the American Athletic Convention introduced that this weekend’s sport between South Florida and Memphis, scheduled for Friday evening in Tampa, can be moved to Saturday afternoon.
On Thursday, the convention altered these plans, saying that whereas South Florida and Memphis will nonetheless play at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, they may accomplish that at Tenting World Stadium in Orlando as a substitute of at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium as beforehand scheduled.
“The @MemphisFB vs @USFFootball sport will probably be performed on Saturday, October 12 at 3:30 pm ET in Orlando, FL. The sport will probably be televised on ESPN+,” the AAC revealed on X/Twitter.
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Each South Florida and Memphis are 0-1 in AAC play, however the Bulls are solely 2-3 on the season whereas Memphis is 4-1.
South Florida is just not the one Florida workforce affected by Milton. The Jacksonville Jaguars, who’re scheduled to face the Chicago Bears in London Sunday, had their flight “barely delayed,” throwing off their arrival time.
The NFL has already stated in an announcement that “no adjustments” are anticipated to Sunday’s sport schedule.
Jacksonville and Chicago will kick off at 9:30 a.m. ET from Wembley Stadium.
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