The Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) has cancelled its 2020 soccer season as the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region has moved to Orange on the Pandemic Response System.

As a result, the Manitoba Soccer Association's Return-to-Play Plan has been downgraded to phase two.

In a release, the MCAC had the following to say.

“Today was the last possible date to approve a 50 percent season schedule and with these recent changes for the Winnipeg Health Region, it was no longer possible for that plan to work out,” said Scott Masterson, MCAC president. “Up until this past Friday, we were quite hopeful that a season was going to take place and so, understandably, this has been discouraging for all the MCAC member schools and especially our athletes and coaches.”

The MCAC originally cancelled half of the 2020 soccer season on September 16 because the Prairie Mountain Health Region, which includes Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College, was also in code orange of the pandemic response system. On September 18, the Prairie Mountain Health Region was lowered to code yellow, which would allow the soccer season to take place. 

There was optimism for a four-game soccer schedule, but with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the Winnipeg Health Region and the move to code orange, the 2020 season is officially cancelled.

Brandon University was scheduled to host playoffs from October 31-November 1, with the Bobcat men looking to defend their title.