The “Cold Weather Advisory” in Kansas City warns of dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero, prompting concerns about player and fan safety as Sporting Kansas City and Inter Miami are set to play a historically frigid soccer game with forecasted wind chills of -11 degrees. Despite recommendations to cancel in extreme cold, CONCACAF rescheduled the match from Tuesday to Wednesday due to snow, prioritizing safety but raising questions about whether the game should proceed as planned, given the health risks associated with hypothermia and frostbite. With no rules accounting for cold temperatures in soccer, the game is expected to go ahead as scheduled, highlighting the lack of precedent for such extreme weather conditions in the sport.
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