COVID-19 Update
Dear Mustang Soccer Members,

As you know, the safety and well-being of our members, while providing a more traditional and enjoyable soccer season continue to be a priority. In our continued efforts to stay up to date on the latest guidance on COVID-19, Mustang Soccer has evaluated the recent Contra Costa Health Services’ Media Release on September 2, 2021, Contra Costa Releases COVID-19 Safety Guidance for Youth Sports and Activities. This new countywide guidance aligns with the updated CA Department of Public Health’s public health guidance for K-12 Schools.  

After our recent evaluation of Contra Costa Health Services’ Media Release, Mustang Soccer will continue to NOT require masks for coaches and/or players during outdoor trainings/practices/games.    

This decision continues to be based on guidance from Contra Costa Health Services, the California Department of Public Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, US Soccer, the Elite Clubs National League, and the following factors:
  • Contra Costa Health Services’ 9.2.21 Media Release, COVID-19 Safety Guidance for Youth Sports and Activities, is a guidance, not a mandate.
  • The current Contra Costa Health Services’ requirement only mandates face coverings to be worn indoors. 
  • Contra Costa Health Services, the California Department of Public Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently define “Close Contact through Proximity and Duration of Exposure: Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 48-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes). An infected person can spread SARS-CoV-2 starting from 2 days before they have any symptoms (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date) until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation.”  
  • Even though there is an exception for exclusion of students in a K-12 indoor classroom and updated guidance for Contra Costa County schools, new updates to the Youth Sports guidance have not yet been announced by the CA Department of Public Health.
  • There has been zero transmission related to outdoor Mustang Soccer trainings/practices/games since June 2020.

Mustang Soccer will continue to remind all of our members of the Best Practices found in our Safety Plan.  We also have an updated Contact Tracing Process which has recently been added to our Safety Plan as well. 

If members would like to wear a mask during trainings/practices/games, we do encourage them to do so, although it will continue to NOT be required at this time.

We promise to continue to monitor the guidance from all of the public agencies and will update our community with any changes to our Safety Plan. I continue to appreciate your support during this time.

Sincerely,
Fred Wilson
Executive Director
Mustang Soccer