Minnesota game vs. Chicago postponed due to suspected virus. Texas AD “expects” players to stand together for school song. Former Texas State coach Kaspar denies allegations of racism.

ST. PAUL, MINN. » The match between the Chicago Fire and Minnesota United scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to a suspected case of COVID- 19 among the United club. The match was postponed for further testing. No reschedule date has been determined.

United is scheduled to host the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. United’s scheduled match against FC Dallas last Sunday was also postponed after the team confirmed positive COVID- 19 tests from two players.

Chicago is slated to host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.

AUSTIN, TEXAS » Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said Wednesday he expects players to “stand together as a unified group” to show appreciation for the school and fans during the playing of the school song “The Eyes of Texas” after games, but didn’t say what will happen if they refuse. The song has become a thorny controversy within the program after several football players and other athletes said over the summer they no longer wanted to sing it because of its uncomfortable connections to racist elements of the school’s past, including performances by musicians in blackface decades ago.

AUSTIN, TEXAS » Danny Kaspar, the former Texas State basketball coach who resigned while under investigation for allegations he directed racist taunts at Black players, said he holds “only love in my heart for people of all races, colors and creeds” in a resignation letter released Wednesday by the school. Kaspar resigned Sept. 22 while the school probed allegations raised by a former Bobcats player who had transferred. In his letter, Kaspar noted he had been a coach for 29 years, the last seven with Texas State, and that most of his players over his career were Black.