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MLS reschedules Columbus-Toronto FC game

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FILE - In this March 31, 2012 file photo, Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso, right, battles for the ball with Toronto FC forward Ryan Johnson during first half MLS soccer action in Toronto. Urso has died at an Ohio hospital. Franklin County Coroner Dr. Jan Gorniak says Urso was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. The coroner says no cause of death has been determined and an autopsy will be performed Monday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, File)

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, File)

NEW YORK (AP) Major League Soccer has rescheduled a game between Columbus Crew and Toronto FC to allow Crew players to attend teammate Kirk Urso's funeral.

The game, originally scheduled for Saturday in Columbus, will be played Wednesday, Aug. 22 at Crew Stadium.

The 22-year-old Urso died Sunday at Grant Medical Center in Columbus after collapsing at a downtown bar and restaurant. On Monday, a coroner said signs pointed to "an apparent natural death" pending results from toxicology tests and on other tissue after an autopsy.

Updated August 9, 2012

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