2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Lead up to the 2018 Election
After securing an upset leadership victory in 2013, Kathleen Wynne won a fourth consecutive mandate for the Ontario Liberal Party in June 2014 by marketing herself as a fresh face for the Liberals who would distance the party from Dalton McGuinty. However, the Liberals' standing with voters was badly hurt when Wynne’s government partially privatized Hydro One in 2015, after campaigning against it in the 2014 election, as well as rising criticism over "ballooning provincial debt, high electricity prices and costly, politically expedient decisions". The party headed into the 2018 election campaign trailing far behind the Progressive Conservatives. In the two years leading up to the 2018 campaign, the Liberals trailed the Progressive Conservatives in all but three of the more than eighty opinion polls published.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Lead up to the 2018 Election
With the party’s electoral fortune declining, there were public calls for Wynne’s resignation as early as spring 2017, most notably from former finance minister and campaign chair Greg Sorbora (under whom Wynne served as campaign vice-chair in 2011). Wynne consistently resisted the calls. Throughout the 2018 election campaign, the Liberals polled consistently in third place behind not only the Progressive Conservatives but also the New Democrats. projected zero to two seats (out of 124) for the Liberals at multiple points of the election campaign.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Lead up to the 2018 Election
At the conclusion of the campaign, the Liberals elected only seven MPPs, losing official party status in the Legislature. It was the worst electoral result in the party's 161-year history and the worst result for any incumbent governing party in Ontario. On the night of the election, Wynne announced her resignation as party leader, while continuing to sit in the legislature as MPP for Don Valley West.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Interim leader
Wynne announced on election night that she had asked the party president to begin the process of choosing an interim leader. According to the party's constitution, an interim leader is to be selected by a vote of the party caucus, the presidents of riding associations without an elected Liberal MPPs and party executive members. With four of the remaining seven caucus members actively contemplating leadership bids, one being in poor health, and one being the outgoing leader, the Liberal caucus quickly endorsed the seventh member, Ottawa South MPP John Fraser, to serve as interim leader on June 13, 2018. Fraser assumed the office of interim leader on June 14, following a ratification vote of party executives and presidents of riding associations for the remaining 117 ridings that do not have a Liberal MPP.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Rules and procedures
Under the procedure outlined by the party's constitution, all members of the Ontario Liberal Party are eligible to cast a two-part ballot at one of the "Leadership Election Meetings" held across the province. Members vote directly for their choice of leadership candidate (or for "independent") in the top part of the ballot, and for local delegates for the leadership convention in the bottom part of the ballot.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Rules and procedures
Elected delegates were apportioned to leadership candidates based on their share of votes in the top part of the ballot, and are bounded to vote for their leadership candidates on the first ballot at the leadership convention. The small number of independent delegates elected can vote for whomever they chose at the convention.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Rules and procedures
The delegates of the leadership convention made up of approximately 2000 elected delegates (16 delegates elected by members from each of the 124 electoral districts, 8 delegates from each Ontario Young Liberals campus clubs, 1 delegate from each Ontario Women Liberals Commission clubs) and more than 500 ex-officio delegates (by virtue of party and elected offices they have held, such as sitting and former Liberal MPPs, recent provincial Liberal candidates, sitting federal Liberal MPs, and various party officials and representatives of party bodies). Balloting at convention continues until one candidate receives a majority of ballots cast.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Background, Rules and procedures
At the party's Annual General Meeting held on June 8, 2019, an organized attempt was made to amend the party constitution to change the leadership election system to eliminate the delegated convention and adopted a weighted One Member One Vote point system similar to the ones used by the Progressive Conservatives and the federal Liberal Party. The amendment was supported by 57% of delegates, but failed to receive the two-thirds majority required for it to pass.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Early campaigning
Given the weak polling numbers during the final years of the Wynne government, there was frequent chatter about the leadership aspirations of various cabinet members and MPPs. The names most frequently discussed were of finance minister Charles Sousa, health minister Eric Hoskins (both 2013 leadership contenders), Attorney General Yasir Naqvi (party president at the time of the 2013 leadership election), transport minister Steven Del Duca (co-chair of the 2013 leadership convention), and backbench MPP Yvan Baker.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Early campaigning
With Sousa, Del Duca, Naqvi and Baker all losing their seats and Hoskins leaving provincial politics, the likely slate of candidates became uncertain after the 2018 election. In the latter half of 2018, four former ministers who survived the election, Michael Coteau, Mitzie Hunter, Marie-France Lalonde, and Nathalie Des Rosiers, actively explored their candidacies, while the candidacies of Del Duca, Naqvi, and Baker continued to be frequently speculated. Baker and Lalonde later opted to seek federal seats (both successful). Des Rosiers left politics to become principal of Massey College, while Naqvi became CEO of Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Del Duca briefly sought the chair-ship of York Region until the election was cancelled by the Ford government. Adam Vaughan and Mark Holland, two relatively high-profile MPs, both publicly acknowledged that they contemplated and subsequently ruled out bids, opting to seek re-election federally.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
On April 3, 2019, Del Duca formally declared his candidacy, the first candidate to do so. This was prior to the party’s annual general meeting in June where amendment proposals to the leadership rules were being debated. Del Duca refrained from taking positions on any of the amendment proposals, citing perceived conflict of interests. Alvin Tedjo, a former political aide and provincial election candidate, declared his candidacy in late May. An organized “draft Chris Hadfield” movement was present at the party’s annual meeting, even though the former astronaut at no point expressed any inclination to enter politics.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
Following the annual meeting, the party announced that it would formally “call” the leadership contest (a legal requirement imposed by the legislation) on July 18, 2019, that candidate registration deadline would be on November 25, 2019, and that the contest would conclude at a convention on March 7, 2020. It also announced an entrance fee of $100,000 (including $25,000 refundable deposit) and a spending limit of $900,000.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
Coteau announced his candidacy soon after the party’s annual meeting in June, while Hunter formally joined the race in early August. Kate Graham, a university instructor and former provincial election candidate, joined the race in September. Kyle Peterson, outgoing MP for Newmarket-Aurora, and Arthur Potts, a former MPP, both commenced bids in the fall of 2019, but ended their bids prior to formally launching their campaigns. Ottawa lawyer Brenda Hollingsworth, a political newcomer, joined the race on the registration deadline, rounding out the field of six.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
The party organized six debates among the candidates, held in Guelph (December 8), Windsor (December 12), Sudbury (January 12),  Ottawa (January 20), Markham (February 1) and Toronto (February 24). All six debates were livestreamed on the party’s website. In addition, the Empire Club of Canada hosted a debate on January 15, and TVO hosted a televised debate on February 19.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
The party imposed membership cut-off for voting eligibility for December 2, 2019. At the cut-off, Del Duca claimed to have recruited 14,173 members while Coteau, Hunter and Tedjo claimed 8500, 2000 and 1000 respectively. The party later disclosed that 37,831 members in total were eligible to vote.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
Del Duca was seen as the frontrunner throughout the campaign. It was generally agreed that he had the most robust ground organization and most experienced campaign team. He also received by-far the largest share of endorsements from elected and party officials, with more public endorsements from former and current MPPs and MPs than the other five candidates combined. Coteau, with the longest tenure in the legislature and cabinet, pitched himself as the primary rival to Del Duca, and was generally viewed as seeking to reform the party. Graham, a political newcomer who campaigned to “change how we do politics”, also put forward a competitive campaign with the endorsements of former Deputy Premier Deb Matthews and a number other prominent figures seen as close to Wynne.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
Del Duca’s frontrunner status was cemented after the February 8–9, 2020 weekend, during which party members throughout the province voted at local leadership election meetings. Del Duca earned over 55% of the elected delegates, won the most votes in 89 of 124 ridings, and led delegate counts in all regions of the province. Coteau was in second, with Graham a distant third place, earning 18% and 13% of the delegate respectively. With strong second place showing in Southwestern Ontario (which voted on Saturday of the weekend), Graham actually led Coteau on delegate count after the first day of voting. Coteau re-gained second place by the end of the weekend, with stronger showing in Toronto and Eastern Ontario (which voted on Sunday).


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Leadership Campaign, Formal campaign
Despite the outcome of the leadership election being a virtual certainty leading up to the convention, about 3,000 people attended the two-day event, co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and interim leader John Fraser. On March 7, 2020, Del Duca was formally elected leader on the first ballot with 59% of the ballot cast.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Results, Local Voting
All members of the Ontario Liberal Party as of December 2, 2019 were eligible to cast a two-part ballot at one of the "Leadership Election Meetings" held across the province. Members vote directly for their choice of leadership candidate (or for "independent") in the top part of the ballot, and for local delegates in the bottom part of the ballot. Elected delegates were apportioned to leadership candidates based on their share of votes in the top part of the ballot, and are bounded to vote for their leadership candidates on the first ballot at the March 6 convention. The small number of independent delegates elected can vote for whomever they chose at the convention.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Results, Local Voting
The meetings were held over the weekend of February 8–9, 2020 in 119 electoral districts (with 5 additional electoral districts in Northern Ontario holding their balloting by mail/email/fax), and in twelve Ontario Young Liberal campus clubs and four Ontario Women's Liberal Clubs. There were a total of 2,084 delegates spots up for election from Ontario's 124 electoral districts (16 each for a total of 1,984), twelve campus clubs (8 each for a total of 96) and four women's clubs (1 each for a total of 4).


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Results, Convention
The delegated leadership convention was held on March 6 and 7, 2020 at the International Centre in Mississauga. In addition to the 2000 plus pleaded delegates elected, approximately 530 ex-officio delegates were eligible to vote at the convention by virtue of party and elected offices they have held, such as sitting and former Liberal MPPs, recent provincial Liberal candidates, sitting federal Liberal MPs, and various party officials and representatives of party bodies.


2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Results, Convention
Steven Del Duca was elected leader on the first ballot with 59% of the ballot cast.


2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 1 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning Rachel Homan rink represented Ontario at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and lost the gold medal final to Manitoba. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Ontario Tankard, the men's provincial championship.


2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Rachel Homan's rink from the Ottawa Curling Club completed their perfect undefeated run when they defeated Hollie Duncan's rink from the Royal Canadian Curling Club 7–6. It was Homan's 5th provincial title.


2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification process
Nine teams will qualify from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top three southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking.


2020 Ontario Tankard
The 2020 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 28 to February 2 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning John Epping rink will represent Ontario at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship.


2020 Ontario Tankard
John Epping won his second Ontario Tankard by defeating Glenn Howard 8–3 in the final.


2020 Ontario Tankard, Qualification process
Nine teams will qualify from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking. This is a reduction from the ten teams which played in the 2019 Tankard, making the number of entries equal to the provincial Scotties.


2020 Open 13
The 2020 Open 13 Provence was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Open 13, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 17 February through 23 February 2020.


2020 Open 13, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Open 13 – Doubles
Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin were the defending champions, but Chardy chose not to participate and Martin chose to compete in Rio de Janeiro instead.


2020 Open 13 – Doubles
Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil won the title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2020 Open 13 – Singles
Stefanos Tsitsipas was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2020 Open 13 – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne
The 2020 Open Quimper Bretagne was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quimper, France between 27 January and 2 February 2020.


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne – Doubles
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2020 Open Quimper Bretagne – Doubles
Fabrice Martin and Hugo Nys were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne – Doubles
Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov won the title after defeating Ivan and Matej Sabanov 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne – Singles
Grégoire Barrère was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Open Quimper Bretagne – Singles
Cem İlkel won the title after defeating Maxime Janvier 7–6(8–6), 7–5 in the final.


2020 Open Sud de France
The 2020 Open Sud de France was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France, from February 3 to February 9, 2020.


2020 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2020 Open Sud de France, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Ivan Dodig and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions,  but Dodig chose not to participate this year. Roger-Vasselin played alongside Jürgen Melzer but lost in the quarterfinals to Tomislav Brkić and Ante Pavić.


2020 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Nikola Ćaćić and Mate Pavić won the title, defeating Dominic Inglot and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–4].


2020 Open Sud de France – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2020 Open Sud de France – Singles
Gaël Monfils won the title, defeating Vasek Pospisil in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2020 Open Sud de France – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
The 2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France between 14 and 20 September 2020.


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Doubles
Anna Blinkova and Xenia Knoll were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Doubles
Samantha Murray Sharan and Julia Wachaczyk won the title, defeating Paula Kania and Katarzyna Piter in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Singles
Christina McHale was the defending champion but chose to compete at the 2020 Italian Open instead.


2020 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Singles
Sara Sorribes Tormo won the title, defeating Irina Bara in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2020 Open de Rennes
The 2020 Open de Rennes was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rennes, France between 20 and 26 January 2020.


2020 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2020 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Sander Arends and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn were the defending champions but only Weissborn chose to defend his title, partnering Antonio Šančić. Weissborn successfully defended his title after defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili and Lukáš Lacko 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–7] in the final.


2020 Open de Rennes – Singles
Ričardas Berankis was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Open de Rennes – Singles
Arthur Rinderknech won the title after defeating James Ward 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix
The 2020 Open du Pays d'Aix was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aix-en-Provence, France between 7 and 13 September 2020.


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles
Kevin Krawietz and Jürgen Melzer were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles
Andrés Molteni and Hugo Nys won the title after defeating Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar 6–4, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles
Pablo Cuevas was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Daniel Altmaier.


2020 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles
Oscar Otte won the title after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 in the final.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells
The 2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, and part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2020 WTA 125K series. It took place from March 2 – 8, 2020 in Indian Wells, United States.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Women's doubles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Doubles
JC Aragone and Marcos Giron were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Gong Maoxin and Hunter Reese.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Doubles
Denis Kudla and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski won the title after defeating Sebastian Korda and Mitchell Krueger 6–3, 2–6, [10–6] in the final.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Singles
Kyle Edmund was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Singles
Steve Johnson won the title after defeating Jack Sock 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Doubles
Kristýna Plíšková and Evgeniya Rodina were the defending champions, but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Caty McNally and Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Singles
Viktorija Golubic was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu won the title, without losing a set throughout the tournament, defeating Misaki Doi in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach
The 2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2020 WTA 125K series. It took place from January 27 – February 2, 2020 at the Newport Beach Tennis Club in Newport Beach, United States.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Women's doubles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Doubles
Robert Galloway and Nathaniel Lammons were the defending champions but only Lammons chose to defend his title, partnering Hunter Reese. Lammons lost in the first round to Sekou Bangoura and Sebastian Korda.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Doubles
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar won the title after defeating Antonio Šančić and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Singles
Taylor Fritz was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Mitchell Krueger.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Singles
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski won the title after defeating Daniel Elahi Galán 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Doubles
Hayley Carter and Ena Shibahara were the defending champions, but Shibahara chose not to participate this year.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Doubles
Carter played alongside Luisa Stefani and successfully defended the title, defeating Marie Benoît and Jessika Ponchet in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Singles
Bianca Andreescu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Stefanie Vögele in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2.


2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors election
The 2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections was held on March 3, 2020 as part of the primary election on March 3, 2020. Two of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election.


2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors election
County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system was to be used for the election, starting with the first round in March; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district. Runoffs are held if no candidate receives a majority in each district.


2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors election, District 1
District 1 takes in western Orange County, including Santa Ana, Westminster, Garden Grove and parts of Fountain Valley. The incumbent is Andrew Do, who was re-elected with 50.2% of the vote in 2016.


2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors election, District 3
District 3 encompasses central Orange County, taking in Irvine, Orange, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, and eastern Anaheim. The incumbent is Donald P. Wagner, who was elected with 42.0% of the vote in 2019.


2020 Orange County SC season
The 2020 Orange County SC season is the club's tenth season of existence, and their tenth consecutive season in the United Soccer League Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Orange County will also compete in the U.S. Open Cup.


2020 Orange County SC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On December 20, 2019, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule, creating the following fixture list for the early part of Orange County's season.


2020 Orange County SC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of Orange County's schedule was announced on July 2.


2020 Orange County SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, Orange County will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.


2020 Oregon Attorney General election
The 2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum won a third full term, defeating Republican activist Michael Cross who led an unsuccessful 2019 attempt to recall Governor Kate Brown.


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 107
In 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 107, allowing limits on political campaign contributions. This ballot measure overturned the 1997 Oregon Supreme Court ruling in Vannatta v. Kiesling that the Oregon Constitution’s freedom of speech protections bar the legislature from limiting campaign finance activity. However, the text of the amendment states that only campaign contribution limit laws and ordinances adopted on or after January 1, 2016 will be considered constitutional, so limits enacted prior to that date (Measure 47 for instance, which was enacted in 2012), remain unenforceable unless re-enacted.


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 108
In 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 108, increasing taxes on tobacco and establishing new taxes on e-cigarettes and vaping products.


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 109
In 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 109, allowing the "manufacture, delivery and administration" of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug. While psilocybin remains illegal nationally, the passage of the law made Oregon the first U.S. state to legalize the drug. Per the law, psilocybin must be used for "personal development" and grown and administered in licensed environments. The ballot measure puts in place a two-year period for the government to determine regulations around the law's implementation, such as what credentials will be needed for someone to administer the drug.


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 109
The chief petitioners behind the bill were Sheri and Thomas Eckert, both therapists who had been working for years to legalize psilocybin because of its potential benefit for people struggling with conditions including depression, anxiety, and addiction. To get the initiative (called the Psilocybin Service Initiative, or Initiative Petition #34) on the November 2020 ballot, 112,020 signatures of support from Oregonians had to be collected. On November 3, 2020, Ballot Measure 109 was passed with support from 1.233 million Oregonians, or 55.68% of the vote (according to unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State in the days following the election).


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110
In November 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 110, "[reclassifying] possession/penalties for specified drugs". Drugs affected include heroin, methamphetamine, LSD and oxycodone, as well as others. The Drug Policy Alliance non-profit organization was behind the measure.


2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110
The new law came into effect on February 1, 2021.


2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, and was the only contest on that date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Georgia and Kentucky primaries, previously scheduled for May 19, were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Oregon primary is a closed primary. The state awards 74 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of whom 61 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 66% of the vote. Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign seven weeks earlier, received 20.6%.


2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Oregon was the only state to vote on May 19, 2020 in the Democratic primaries. Two bills were introduced in the state house in January 2019 to shift the primary date to the second Tuesday in March in even-numbered years, with the first empowering the Oregon secretary of state the power to shift the date and the second permitting a primary move for the purpose of regional clustering, but neither bill has moved beyond committee.


2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
A bill introduced by Republicans in the state senate in March 2019 proposes shifting the Oregon primary to join Super Tuesday states on the first Tuesday in March with a separate presidential primary rather than a consolidated primary, but no further action has been taken on the bill since an initial public hearing.


2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Oregon, a vote-by-mail state, is expected to accept mail-in ballots until 8:00 p.m. local time. Candidates must meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level to be considered viable. The 61 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of the 61 pledged delegates, between six and 12 are allocated to each of the state's five congressional districts and another seven are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 11 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Congressional district conventions will take place on June 6 and 7 to designate district-level national convention delegates. The state convention on June 20 will then vote on the 11 pledged at-large and seven PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 61 pledged delegates Oregon sends to the national convention will be joined by 13 unpledged PLEO delegates (six members of the Democratic National Committee; six members of Congress, including both senators and four U.S. representatives; and the governor).


2020 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2020 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mario Cristobal. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2020 Oregon Ducks football team
On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the decision was reversed on September 24, when the Pac-12 announced that they would play a seven-game schedule starting November 6.


2020 Oregon Ducks football team
Despite finishing in second place in the North Division during the regular season, the Ducks would represent the division in the Pac-12 Championship Game due to first-place Washington having an insufficient number of players available due to COVID-19. There, they defeated the undefeated South Division champion USC to receive the Pac-12's automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Big 12 runner-up Iowa State.


2020 Oregon Ducks football team, Pac-12 media day, Pac-12 media poll
In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon was voted as the favorite to win both the North Division and the Pac-12 Championship Game.


2020 Oregon Ducks football team, Schedule
Oregon had three games scheduled against Ohio State, North Dakota State, and Hawaii, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Oregon Ducks football team, Schedule
Oregon's game against UCLA had initially been scheduled for Friday, November 20, but was moved forward a day to accommodate UCLA playing California on Sunday, November 15. The change occurred after both UCLA and California had their initially scheduled games for Saturday, November 14 (against Utah and Arizona State, respectively), canceled due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the other programs.


2020 Oregon House of Representatives election
The 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in the 60 districts of the Oregon House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President.


2020 Oregon House of Representatives election
The Democratic Party kept their majority. The Oregon Legislature does not have term limits.


2020 Oregon House of Representatives election, Background
Democrats have held the Oregon House since 2007 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.


2020 Oregon House of Representatives election, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Oregon State House are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to two-year terms. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition and write-in candidates had to file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.


2020 Oregon Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Oregon Republican presidential primary took place on May 19, 2020.


2020 Oregon Secretary of State election
The 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Oregon Secretary of State, the highest office in the state after the governor. Incumbent Republican Bev Clarno had agreed not to run for a full term. Clarno was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to replace Dennis Richardson, who died of cancer during his term. Richardson's election was considered a surprise as a Republican had not been elected to statewide office since 2002, and Oregon had not had a Republican Secretary of State since 1985.


2020 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The 2020 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by Mitch Canham in his 1st season at Oregon State after long-time head coach Pat Casey chose not to exercise an option to return following a year sabbatical. Canham is a former catcher for Oregon State and was a member of the 2006 and 2007 national championship teams.


2020 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The season was indefinitely suspended after 14 games after the NCAA abruptly canceled all winter and spring season tournaments, including the College World Series, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 14, 2020, the season officially came to an end after the Pac-12 athletic conference canceled the remainder of all scheduled spring sports competitions through the end of the academic year.


2020 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Season synopsis
The Beavers began Mitch Canham's first season with a daunting schedule, playing their first 11 games on the road, including a three-game series against No.9 Mississippi State in Mississippi. After just a 14-game season, the Beavers finished with their first losing record since 2003.


2020 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team
On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team
On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team, Previous season
The Beavers finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the North Division. This was the most wins for the program since the 2014 season, nearly clinching their first bowl appearance since 2013.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media day, Pac-12 media poll
In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon State was voted to finish in last place in the North Division.


2020 Oregon State Beavers football team, Schedule
Oregon State had games scheduled against Oklahoma State, Colorado State, and Portland State, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Oregon State Beavers men's soccer team
The 2019 Oregon State Beavers men's soccer team represented Oregon State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2020 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season. The 2019 season was Terry Boss's third year as head coach for the program.


2020 Oregon State Beavers men's soccer team, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season
On August 13, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference postponed all fall sports through the end of the calendar year.


2020 Oregon State Beavers men's soccer team, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season
On November 4, 2020, the NCAA approved a plan for college soccer to be played in the spring.


2020 Oregon State Senate election
The 2020 Oregon State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in 16 of the 30 Oregon State Senate districts elected their state senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President.


2020 Oregon State Senate election
The Democratic Party kept their majority. The Oregon State Senate does not have term limits.


2020 Oregon State Senate election, Background
Democrats have held the Oregon Senate since 2002 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.


2020 Oregon State Senate election, Electoral System
Each members of the Oregon State Senate are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to four-year terms with staggered elections. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition and write-in candidates had to file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.


2020 Oregon State Treasurer election
The 2020 Oregon State Treasurer election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Oregon State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tobias Read, first elected in 2016, was reelected to a second term in office.


2020 Oregon state elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2020.


2020 Oregon state elections, Federal, President of the United States
Former Democratic Vice President Joseph Biden beat incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, first elected in 2016, to receive Oregon's 7 electoral votes.


2020 Oregon state elections, Federal, United States Senate
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley who was first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014 was re-elected for a third term in office.


2020 Oregon state elections, Federal, United States House of Representatives
All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2020. These seats were currently represented by four Democrats and one Republican. In October 2019, incumbent Republican Representative Greg Walden of the 2nd district announced that he would not seek a twelfth term. All of the other incumbent Representatives won in their respective districts and Republican Cliff Bentz won in the 2nd district.


2020 Oregon state elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum was reelected to a third full term.


2020 Oregon state elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Bev Clarno was originally appointed to the role by Governor Kate Brown on March 31, 2019 to finish the term of her predecessor, Dennis Richardson, who died in office. Brown announced that she was only interested in appointing a successor to Richardson who wanted the day-to-day responsibilities of the office and would not run for election to a full term, a condition to which Clarno agreed upon her appointment.


2020 Oregon state elections, State Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tobias Read, first elected in 2016, was reelected to a second term in office.


2020 Oregon state elections, Legislative
In the previous legislative session, Democrats held majority of 18–12 in the Senate and 38–22 in the House of Representatives. Of the 30 seats in the Senate, 16 were up for re-election. All 60 seats in the House of Representatives are up for re-election. After the election Democrats held majority 18–12 in the Senate and 37–23 in the House of Representatives.


2020 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures
Measure 109 would legalize certain providers offering the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms to individuals at least 21 years old.


2020 Oregon wildfires
The 2020 Oregon wildfire season was one of the most destructive on record in the state of Oregon. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season. The fires killed at least 11 people, burned more than 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of land, and destroyed thousands of homes.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Timeline
The Oregon Department of Forestry declared fire season beginning on July 5, 2020, signaling the end of unregulated debris burning outdoors.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Timeline
In early September, unusually high winds and continued dry weather caused the rapid expansion of multiple wildfires in Oregon. Over 1,000,000 acres were burned, and about 40,000 people were evacuated, with about 500,000 people in evacuation warning areas. The cities of Phoenix, Talent, Detroit, and Gates in Oregon were substantially destroyed by the Almeda Drive and Santiam Fires respectively. State-wide, at least 7 people have been killed. In the Almeda Fire area — between Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix — more than 2,800 structures were destroyed.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Timeline
Around the South Obenchain Fire, which stretched from Shady Cove nearly to Butte Falls, 153 structures were lost. Sheriff Sickler said that these numbers do not differentiate between homes, businesses, outbuildings, and other structures. Assessing the precise nature of those structures lost will fall to local teams in the days and weeks ahead. Officials stated that the Almeda Drive Fire was human-caused. On September 11, a man was arrested for arson, for allegedly starting a fire that destroyed multiple homes in Phoenix and merged with the Almeda Drive Fire. A separate criminal investigation into the origin point of the Almeda Drive Fire in Ashland is ongoing.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Causes
Through the end of July 2020, 90% of Oregon's wildfires had been caused by humans versus a yearly average of 70%, possibly because of increased outdoor recreation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Rumors and theories
Rumors spread on social media that antifa activists were deliberately setting fires and preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors, choosing to defend their homes from the alleged invasion. Authorities pleaded with residents to ignore the rumors. One Facebook post shared thousands of times falsely stated, "KXL Radio in Portland reported today that Firefighters are now being shot at by suspected Antifa and BLM members." QAnon followers participated in the misinformation, with one false claim that six antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires amplified by Q specifically. There were also rumors that members of far-right groups had started some of the fires, though authorities labeled the claims as false, saying that people needed to question claims that they found on social media.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Rumors and theories
Senator Jeff Merkley, (D-OR) decried Donald Trump's comments blaming forest management for the fires as a "devastating lie.” Speaking on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Merkley blamed climate change for the fires.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Rumors and theories
One of the major fires, the Almeda fire in Southern Oregon, was worsened by a second blaze that was allegedly the result of arson. The first origin point of the fire is still under active investigation, and arson is suspected there, as well.


2020 Oregon wildfires, Rumors and theories
Several small brush fires in Portland that were quickly put out were also the result of arson by a suspect who was apprehended, released, and then started several more.


2020 Oregon wildfires, List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres, or produced significant structural damage or loss of life.


2020 Orlando City B season
The 2020 Orlando City B season was the club's fourth season of existence and their second since returning from hiatus during the 2018 season. It was their second season as a founding member of USL League One, the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid, after moving from the second tier (USL Championship) in the restructuring. The team also moved from Montverde Academy where they spent the 2019 season, to the newly refurbished Osceola County Stadium at Orlando City's new training complex in Kissimmee, Florida.


2020 Orlando City B season
On March 12 it was announced that the start of the 2020 USL League One season would be delayed as the league was temporarily suspended for 30 days on the advice of public health authorities due to the coronavirus pandemic. OCB's season eventually began on August 1, 127 days after originally scheduled. All home games were played behind closed doors.


2020 Orlando City B season
It was the team's last season in USL League One, announcing on October 16 that it was withdrawing from USL1 at the end of the season in lieu of a new proposed MLS reserve league launching in 2021. On October 29, nine players were released as part of the end of season roster decisions, notably cutting a number of the older players in preparation for the shift in age group.


2020 Orlando City B season, Competitions, USL League One
For the 2020 season, USL League One expanded by a net total of two teams following the addition of Union Omaha, New England Revolution II and Fort Lauderdale CF while Lansing Ignite folded after only one season. Canadian club Toronto FC II were later forced to withdraw for the season due to COVID-19 public health restrictions. A shortened 16-game regular season, reduced from 28, was announced on July 17, 2020. Only the top two teams in the regular season will advance to the postseason for a one-off 2020 USL League One Final to be played the weekend following the conclusion of the regular season.


2020 Orlando City B season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club (Orlando City SC), Orlando City B is ineligible for the Cup competition.


2020 Orlando City SC season
The 2020 Orlando City SC season was the club's 10th season of existence in Orlando and sixth season as an Major League Soccer franchise, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Open Cup was canceled.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On October 7, 2019, one day after the final game of the 2019 season, Orlando City parted ways with head coach James O'Connor.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
With the addition of Nashville and Inter Miami in 2020, MLS held an Expansion Draft on November 19, 2019. Orlando City had 13 players exposed. None were taken.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On November 21, 2019, it was announced that a total of 14 players would not return either because their contract had expired, they had their contract option declined or, in the case of Danilo Acosta, they returned to their parent club after their loan expired. Orlando City had an option to buy Acosta at the end of the loan but declined. However, Ruan had his purchase option exercised following his loan in 2019.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
Another notable departure was Cristian Higuita who had been the sole remaining member of the team's inaugural MLS roster in 2015 and departed as the club's leading appearance maker with 108 across all competitions. Having initially had their options declined, Uri Rosell, Alex DeJohn and Mason Stajduhar all later renegotiated new contracts with Orlando.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On December 4, 2019, Óscar Pareja was announced as Orlando City's new head coach. Pareja had previously worked with Orlando's VP of soccer operations Luiz Muzzi at FC Dallas.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
Having emphasized the importance Homegrown players the previous offseason, Orlando signed the sixth and seventh Homegrown players in club history in December, signing David Loera following his junior year at NC State and Jordan Bender from USL affiliate Orlando City B.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
The team also did a significant amount of recruiting in South America, bringing in Colombian midfielder Andrés Perea, Argentine defender Rodrigo Schlegel and Brazilian defender Antônio Carlos all on one-year loans from Atlético Nacional, Racing Club and Palmeiras respectively while Brazilian midfielder Júnior Urso joined permanently from Corinthians. Peruvian international goalkeeper Pedro Gallese also joined on a free having last played for Alianza Lima, on loan from Veracruz.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On January 9, Orlando made five selections in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft including one in the first round. Fifth-overall pick Daryl Dike was automatically signed due to his Generation Adidas status while Joey DeZart was later given a contract. Austin Aviza and Nick O'Callaghan were signed to Orlando City B.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On January 17, Orlando officially opened the new Orlando City SC Training Ground at Osceola Heritage Park.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, February
Orlando's sixth MLS campaign began at home to Real Salt Lake on February 29, a repeat of the 2016 season opener. Just like 2016, the game once again finished level, this time goalless as debutant goalkeeper Pedro Gallese kept Orlando's first clean sheet in nine games stretching back to the previous season. The result meant Orlando remained unbeaten on matchday one since joining MLS. The game was also notable for the substitute appearance of on loan Andrés Perea who became the first person born in the 21st century to play for Orlando City SC.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, March
March 7 saw Orlando's first away game of 2020. It ended in a 2–1 defeat to Colorado Rapids as Drew Moor headed a 90th-minute winner from a corner after substitute Chris Mueller had scored the team's first goal of the season to tie up the game in the 82nd minute. It was the first time Orlando had lost to Colorado in the two teams' six meetings.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, COVID-19 pandemic
On March 12 it was announced that the 2020 Major League Soccer season had been temporarily suspended for 30 days on the advice of public health authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the situation developing, the suspension was extended until at least June 8. On May 6, MLS allowed voluntary individual workouts on outdoor fields for the first time since the suspension. Every Orlando City player opted to train at the team's Kissimmee training facility.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, MLS is Back Tournament
On June 10, MLS announced a return to play via a one-off MLS is Back Tournament. The competition ran from July 8 to August 11 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Orlando's first match was the tournament opener, scheduled against newly created Florida rivals Inter Miami. Orlando won the game 2–1 after trailing thanks to goals from Mueller with his second goal of the season and then a 90+7-minute winner from captain Nani in his first appearance of the year.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, MLS is Back Tournament
In the second game Mueller scored twice in the opening ten minutes as Orlando earned back to back MLS wins for the first time since May 2018, running out 3–1 winners over New York City FC with Tesho Akindele also scoring his first goal of the season during the match. The result, coupled with Philadelphia Union beating Inter Miami later that evening, meant Orlando sealed qualification to the knockout round with a game to spare. A 1–1 draw against similarly already-qualified Philadelphia in the final group game, in which Mauricio Pereyra scored his first goal for the club, ensured Orlando finished top of Group A on goal difference.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, MLS is Back Tournament
Orlando faced Montreal Impact, who qualified as one of the best third-place teams, in the round of 16. Orlando won 1–0, earning their first shutout of the tournament and second of the season. The team progressed to the semi-final stage following a penalty shootout win over Los Angeles FC with the teams tied 1–1 after 90 minutes. Nani had a penalty saved by Kenneth Vermeer in the second half before Bradley Wright-Phillips opened the scoring shortly after.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, MLS is Back Tournament
João Moutinho forced the shootout, scoring an equalizer against his former club off a Nani corner in the 90th minute, his first goal for Orlando City. Nani went on to score the decisive penalty in the 5–4 shootout victory with every Orlando player scoring their penalty. For the semi-final, Orlando City matched up against Minnesota United, coached by Adrian Heath who had led Orlando City's USL predecessor to two USL Pro titles and had remained unbeaten against the Lions in three previous meetings since his 2016 sacking. However, a first half Nani brace and a second half Benji Michel stoppage time goal earned Orlando a 3–1 win and booked their place in the final. Portland Timbers won the final 2–1. Nani, João Moutinho and Ruan were all later named to the tournament Best XI.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, August
On August 19, following the return of the MLS regular season in home markets, Orlando City announced that all three phase one games at Exploria Stadium would be open to fans at a reduced capacity and that face coverings would be mandatory for those in attendance. They were one of only five teams (with Dallas, Montreal, Real Salt Lake and Sporting KC) to confirm fans could attend during phase one. Phase one consisted of Orlando playing three regional opponents both home and away: Inter Miami, Nashville SC and Atlanta United.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, August
The first of these was a 3–2 defeat away to Inter Miami on August 22, the new expansion franchise's first home match and subsequently their first victory having lost all five of their previous matches. It was also notable for the first senior career goal scored by Orlando's first-round rookie Daryl Dike. In the following game, Dike scored another two goals as Orlando won 3–1 in their first meeting with Nashville SC.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, August
The game was the first to kick off on August 26, with the other ten teams scheduled to play that evening later deciding to postpone in solidarity with sports teams from other leagues, including the NBA, WNBA and MLB, who refused to play in protest following the shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23. Three days later, Orlando traveled to Atlanta and earned their first ever win over their rivals when Urso opened the scoring with his first goal for the club. Mueller doubled Orlando's lead before the halftime break and while Brooks Lennon halved the lead in the 83rd minute, Nani immediately restored the cushion to help seal a 3–1 victory.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, September
On September 2, Orlando traveled to Nashville, this time playing out a 1–1 draw with the expansion side when Nashville DP Randall Leal scored his first goal for the club to rescue a point for the hosts following Michel's first half rocket from outside the box which had opened the scoring. On September 5, Orlando's second matchup with Atlanta inside a week ended in a 1–1 draw after Adam Jahn scored a stoppage time equalizer.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, September
After playing five games in a 15-day stretch, Orlando had a full week break before the final phase one match on September 12: Miami's first visit to Exploria Stadium. Orlando won 2–1, ending Miami's club-record three game unbeaten streak in the process. The game included a dramatic series of officiating calls whereby referee Ismail Elfath awarded a penalty to Miami after consulting the video screen, sending Rodrigo Schlegel off for second yellow card on Julián Carranza in the process before both were rescinded after officials realized Carranza was offside, negating the play.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, September
With the conclusion of the phase one home and away series, Orlando hosted Chicago Fire on September 19, winning 4–1 and equaling the club record streak of six games unbeaten in regular season MLS play in the process. The record was broken on September 23 when Orlando beat Sporting Kansas City 2–1 thanks to first half goals from Akindele and Michel. Johnny Russell halved the home team's deficit early in the second half but the Lions held out to also maintain the club's 100% win record when leading by two goals in MLS history.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, September
On September 27, Pareja coached against FC Dallas for the first time since ending his five-year head coaching spell with the Texas club in November 2018. The game finished goalless with Orlando playing down a man from the 69th minute after Sebas Méndez became the first Lion to be sent off in 2020.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
Orlando's first game of October saw the Lions play New York Red Bulls for the first time in 2020, a 3–1 home win that saw the first goal for the club by Antônio Carlos and the professional debut of homegrown player David Loera. With Gallese away on international duty, Brian Rowe made his first appearance of the season on October 7 as Orlando stretched the unbeaten run to 10 matches after a heavily rotated team played out a goalless draw away to Atlanta United.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
Orlando's game against Columbus Crew scheduled for October 11, which would have seen the Lions play an Eastern Conference team above them in the standings for the first time on the year, was postponed following two confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Columbus staff: the third MLS match of the week forced into a postponement. It was later rescheduled for November 4. Orlando acquired winger Alexander Alvarado on loan from Ecuadorian club Aucas on October 13, trading for an additional international roster slot from Montreal Impact in order to add him to the roster.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
On October 14, Orlando drew 1–1 with New York City FC. The result kept Orlando in fourth place in both the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield standings. Homegrown midfielder Jordan Bender made his senior debut for the club as a substitute during the match. Despite conceding a 90+5-minute equalizer in a 1–1 draw with New York Red Bulls earlier in the evening, Orlando City's first MLS playoff berth in club history was confirmed on October 18 with a combination of the tie and Toronto FC later beating Atlanta United 1–0 thanks to an 89th-minute winner by Pablo Piatti.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
The club record unbeaten streak ended at 12 matches on October 24 as Orlando lost to Inter Miami, the last team to have beaten the Lions prior to the start of the streak on August 22. This time the score was 2–1 with Leandro González Pírez scoring a 90th-minute winner for the expansion side. August transfer Matheus Aiás made his club debut in the game as a stoppage time substitute. Orlando's final game of October was a 4–1 win over Atlanta, the fourth meeting between the two teams on the season with the Lions remaining unbeaten in the series. It marked the first time Orlando beat Atlanta at home. Loanee Alexander Alvarado made his club debut in the game as a 79th minute substitute while Matheus Aiás scored his first goal for Orlando.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November
Orlando earned their first regular season shutout win of the season on November 1, beating Montreal Impact 1–0 at the Canadian side's temporary designated home stadium Red Bull Arena, a repeat of the scoreline when the team's met in the MLS is Back Tournament round of 16. Dike's seventh goal of the season proved the difference and took him level with Nani as the team's second-highest goalscorer on the season.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November
On November 5, Orlando finally played the rescheduled game against Columbus Crew - the teams entered the game level on points with Columbus ahead in third on the number of wins tiebreaker. Orlando dominated the first half and led at half-time as Chris Mueller hit double figures for goals for the first time in his professional career. However, a seemingly innocuous foul was controversially upgraded to a red card after VAR review which saw Nani sent off in the 52nd minute.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November
The red card was rescinded by the Independent Review Panel on November 7. Columbus capitalized on the swing in momentum, Harrison Afful scoring an equalizer four minutes later. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Orlando weathered the storm and found a winning goal in the 84th minute through Benji Michel. The victory guaranteed Orlando a top-four finish in the Eastern Conference and home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs as a result.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November, Decision Day
Having moved up to third place in the Eastern Conference with the victory over Columbus, Orlando just needed to avoid defeat against Nashville SC in the final game of the season to retain the #3 seed for the playoffs. The Lions, who were unbeaten at home on the season coming into the game, took the lead early in the first half through Dike but were pegged back and went into half-time tied at 1–1.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November, Decision Day
Having re-established the lead with a Nani freekick on the hour mark, Nashville turned the game around late on with goals in the 88th and 90+3rd minute to win 3–2, handing Orlando their only home loss of the regular season. Orlando dropped down to the #4 seed on the total wins tiebreaker, finishing level on points with Columbus following the Crew's win over Atlanta.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Playoffs
Having finished in fourth-place in the Eastern Conference, Orlando City were positioned to play #5 seed New York City FC in the first round of the playoffs on November 21 having avoided the play-in round and clinched home-field advantage for the first round. Orlando took an early lead in the 5th minute through a Nani penalty but New York responded within three minutes, equalizing through a Maxime Chanot header. Despite the franctic pace to the game, it remained 1–1.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Playoffs
Tensions boiled over in the 87th minute when Ruan, having been pushed by Gary Mackay-Steven while on the ground, lashed out and kicked at Mackay-Steven resulting in a red card. Despite the numerical disadvantage during extra-time, Orlando held on to take the game to a penalty shootout. Goalkeeper Gallese made a stop on Maximiliano Moralez's opener and thought he had made the winning save on New York's fifth attempt after Orlando had successfully converted all of their first four.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Playoffs
However a VAR review deemed Gallese had left his goal line early which resulted in his second yellow card having been booked in extra-time for time wasting. Unable to make a substitution in a shootout, on loan defender Rodrigo Schlegel volunteered to finish the shootout as an emergency goalkeeper. With Nani's penalty saved by Sean Johnson to take the shootout into sudden death, Schlegel eventually made a decisive save on Guðmundur Þórarinsson teeing up Benji Michel to net the final penalty to lift Orlando to a 6–5 victory.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Playoffs
Between the VAR review, the sending off, confusion around Orlando's attempt to substitute on backup goalkeeper Brian Rowe and the referee mistakenly signaling the end of the shootout following Schlegel's save with the scores level at 5–5, the shootout took 22 minutes to complete. As a result of the debacle, which gained international attention, MLS suspended referee Allen Chapman and the rest of the officating crew for the remainder of the playoffs.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Playoffs
Orlando's season was ended by #8 seed New England Revolution on November 29, a 3–1 conference semi-final defeat compounded by yet another red card for an Orlando player, this time Pereyra. New England jumped out to a two-goal lead through a Carles Gil penalty and Gustavo Bou strike. Urso halved the deficit before half-time but Orlando, who played down a man from the 60th minute onwards, couldn't find an equalizer and even saw a Nani penalty saved before the Revs eventually found a third goal in the 86th minute to kill off any hopes of a late Orlando comeback.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Friendlies
Orlando City reported for the start of preseason at their new training facility on January 20 before a closed-door friendly against Stetson University five days later. The team traveled to Cancún, Mexico, for a nine-day training camp beginning January 27 that was supposed to feature games against Columbus Crew and third-tier Mexican team Inter Playa although Columbus later pulled out. The team returned to Orlando for further friendlies against Montreal Impact, Tampa Bay Rowdies, D.C. United, reigning Icelandic champions KR Reykjavík and San Antonio FC with both the Montreal and KR games open to the public at Exploria Stadium. The KR match was the first time since the 2016 game against Bahia that Orlando had hosted foreign opposition in preseason.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer
Outside of the club, Inter Miami and Nashville SC joined the league as expansion franchises, bringing the total number of MLS clubs to 26. Orlando were due to play Miami for the first time at home on July 10 with the away tie on August 20. Because Nashville were placed in the Western Conference the teams were only scheduled meet once in regular-season league play in 2020, in Orlando on September 12. Nashville were ultimately relocated to the Eastern Conference ahead of the MLS is Back Tournament for the remainder of season.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer
Per the original 34-game schedule, it meant that for the first time Orlando would not play every team in MLS. They were still scheduled to play every Eastern Conference opponent both home and away, and all but three Western Conference opponents once. The three teams Orlando were not scheduled face in regular-season league play in 2020 were Los Angeles FC, San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer
The three group stage matches at the MLS is Back Tournament counted towards the MLS regular season standings.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer
With the season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic two games in, Orlando did not return to in-market play until August 22 with a six-game home and away series against Inter Miami, Nashville SC and Atlanta United.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, MLS is Back Tournament
A one-off World Cup style tournament featuring all 26 MLS teams (later reduced to 24), the MLS is Back Tournament consisted of six groups with each team playing three group matches. The top two teams from each group along with the four best third-place teams moved on to the knockout stage, beginning with the round of 16. The draw for the group stage took place on June 11 with Orlando City placed as the top seed A1 in Group A as the designated host.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, MLS is Back Tournament
Inter Miami were predetermined as A2 prior to the draw taking place in order to make the first meeting between the two teams the tournament opener. New York City FC and Nashville SC were randomly drawn as the two other group stage opponents. Nashville later withdrew from the tournament after nine players tested positive for COVID-19. Philadelphia Union replaced them as Orlando's final group stage opponent. Points collected during the group stage were counted towards the 2020 regular season standings.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Following a restructuring to the competition, Orlando City became one of 11 MLS teams subject to entry in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup instead of the fourth round because they did not finish as a top 12 US-based team in the previous MLS season. The draw for the third round was scheduled take place on April 10, 2020. On August 17, 2020, the United States Soccer Federation announced the cancelation of the U.S. Open Cup as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the tournament had not be played since its inception in 1914.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Squad statistics, Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Player movement
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 Orlando City SC season, Player movement, MLS SuperDraft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Orlando had six selections, making five before electing to pass in the fourth round.


2020 Orlando Open
The 2020 Orlando Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orlando, United States between 16 and 22 November 2020.


2020 Orlando Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Orlando Open – Doubles
Romain Arneodo and Andrei Vasilevski were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Orlando Open – Doubles
Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov won the title after defeating Mitchell Krueger and Jackson Withrow 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Orlando Open – Singles
Marcos Giron was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Orlando Open – Singles
Brandon Nakashima won the title after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Orlando Pride season
The 2020 Orlando Pride season was Orlando Pride's fifth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
In October 2019, Alex Morgan announced she was pregnant and expecting to give birth in April 2020. Morgan had stated she aimed to return to playing in time for the Olympics with the United States in July 2020 but the games were eventually postponed by COVID-19. Morgan gave birth on May 7, 2020.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
Five Pride players signed with Australian W-League teams to play with during the 2019–20 NWSL offseason: Emily van Egmond and Claire Emslie joined Melbourne City, Alanna Kennedy joined Sydney FC, Carson Pickett joined Brisbane Roar and Camila joined Canberra United. Van Egmond and Emslie won both the Premiership and Championship titles with Melbourne City as van Egmond also led the team in goals with six.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
On November 5, 2019, Orlando used its top priority to acquire the NWSL rights to Australian midfielder Chloe Logarzo off the NWSL Re-Entry Wire. On November 13, the pick was voided after the league realized Logarzo should not have been made available for selection and allowed to go through the re-entry process. The Pride was not offered compensation. Logarzo subsequently signed in England with Bristol City.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
In January 2020, the Pride announced that NWSL President Amanda Duffy was to step down in order to become the team's Executive Vice President. General Manager Erik Ustruck returned to Orlando City's front office staff after only a year in the role.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
In March, the start of the season was delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. On May 8, the NWSL allowed voluntary individual workouts on outdoor fields for the first time since the suspension.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
On May 27, 2020, the NWSL announced the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup as a smaller format replacement to the league, a 25-game tournament hosted at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah, beginning June 27, 71 days after the original planned start date of the regular season. On June 22, the team withdrew from the tournament following positive COVID-19 tests among both players and staff.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Notable events
Orlando ultimately played for the first time in 2020 on September 19 as part of the Fall Series friendlies, 343 days since the team's last match on October 12, 2019.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Match results, Preseason
As per the league schedule, NWSL teams were permitted to begin preseason activities on March 9, 2020. Orlando Pride were due to play three friendlies in preseason, all against Florida college teams. However, on March 12 it was announced that the NWSL's preseason schedule had been canceled on the advice of public health authorities due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Match results, 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup
The format of the tournament was supposed to feature all nine NWSL clubs each playing four games in the preliminary rounds to determine seeding. The top eight teams would advance to a knockout bracket. The draw for the preliminary round was held on June 1, randomly assigning teams to their opposition via seeding. Orlando were drawn against Chicago, Portland and North Carolina, the top three placed teams from the previous season as well as Sky Blue. However, on June 22, the team confirmed they would be withdrawing from the tournament following positive COVID-19 tests among both players and staff.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Match results, Fall Series
To compensate for the lack of competitive schedule and difficulty of travel, the NWSL grouped teams into regional pods to allow for a Fall Series in September and October. Orlando were grouped in the south region with reigning NWSL champions North Carolina and 2020 Challenge Cup winners Houston.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Transfers and loans, 2020 NWSL College Draft
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2020 college draft was held on January 16, 2020. Orlando had seven selections.


2020 Orlando Pride season, Transfers and loans, Preseason trialists
Orlando Pride began preseason training on March 9, 2020. The squad included six non-roster invitees on trial with the team during preseason. In June, Brittany Wilson was signed to a short-term contract for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup before being signed through 2021 with an option for the 2022 season in September.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season
The 2020 Ottawa Redblacks season was scheduled to be the seventh season for the team in the Canadian Football League. This would have been the first season for Paul LaPolice as the team's head coach and the seventh season with Marcel Desjardins as general manager.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season, Offseason, Personnel changes
Three days following the conclusion of the 2019 season, on November 4, 2019, Rick Campbell announced that he was stepping down as head coach of the Redblacks. In a press conference, Campbell explained that he had become disappointed that several former players left the team feeling underappreciated and dejected and that he had a strained relationship with the team's general manager, Marcel Desjardins. Campbell left the Redblacks with a 44–62–2 record over six seasons with one Grey Cup championship in three appearances. He had one year remaining on his contract that OSEG agreed to pay out over five years.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season, Offseason, Personnel changes
On December 7, 2019, it was announced that Paul LaPolice had agreed to a three-year contract to become the head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks. He was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2016 to 2019, including the 107th Grey Cup championship. He has also served as head coach of the Blue Bombers from 2010 to 2012 while compiling a 16–28 record.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season, Offseason, CFL National Draft
The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. By virtue of recording the worst record in the league in 2019, the Redblacks had the first selection in each round, not including traded picks. After trading for the rights to Nick Arbuckle and re-signing him, the Redblacks swapped first-round picks with the Calgary Stampeders and also sent them a third-round pick. The team also gained a territorial selection after finishing in the bottom two of the previous year's standings.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season, Offseason, CFL Global Draft
The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Redblacks were scheduled to select first in each round with the number of rounds never announced.


2020 Ottawa Redblacks season, Planned schedule, Regular season
The Redblacks had planned on hosting a number of themed home games during the season, one of which was scheduled to feature the unveiling of new red alternate jerseys July 24, 2020.


2020 Outback Bowl
The 2020 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2020, with kickoff at 1:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 34th edition of the Outback Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. The game was named after its title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse.


2020 Outback Bowl, Teams
The game matched the Minnesota Golden Gophers from the Big Ten Conference and the Auburn Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the first meeting between the programs.


2020 Outback Bowl, Teams, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota entered the game with a 10–2 record (7–2 in conference). They finished tied with Wisconsin atop the Big Ten's West Division—Wisconsin advanced to the Big Ten Championship Game due to their regular season win over Minnesota. The Golden Gophers were 1–2 against ranked FBS opponents, defeating Penn State while losing to Iowa and Wisconsin. This was Minnesota's first appearance in the Outback Bowl.


2020 Outback Bowl, Teams, Auburn Tigers
Auburn entered the game with a 9–3 record (5–3 in conference). They finished in third place in the SEC's West Division. The Tigers were 3–3 against ranked FBS opponents, defeating Oregon, Texas A&M, and Alabama while losing to Florida, LSU, and Georgia. This was Auburn's fifth Outback Bowl; the Tigers were 2–2 in their previous appearances.


2020 Oval Office address
The 2020 Oval Office address, officially titled On the Coronavirus Pandemic, was the second televised, prime-time Oval Office address during the presidency of Donald Trump, delivered on March 11, 2020. It was released during the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 stock market crash.


2020 Oval Office address, Background, COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. The virus was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019.


2020 Oval Office address, Background, March 11, 2020
A confluence of events made March 11 a significant day in the progression of Covid-19 in the United States:


2020 Oval Office address, Background, Response from the Presidency of the United States
United States President Donald Trump initially reacted mildly to the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to minimize public panic. Vice President Mike Pence, who chaired the White House Coronavirus Task Force, urged Trump to deliver a more serious public statement about the pandemic. Eventually a speech was drafted for Trump with the assistance of Stephen Miller, his chief speechwriter, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law. To make time for the delivery of the address, Trump cancelled a scheduled private dinner at Pence's residence and Pence cancelled a press conference with the White House Coronavirus Task Force.


2020 Oval Office address, Contents
In the address, which lasted about 10 minutes, President Trump announced several initiatives directly related to combating the Covid crises:


2020 Oval Office address, Contents
Trump also announced several financial initiatives tied to the pandemic:


2020 Oval Office address, Initial confusion and technical difficulties
Multiple errors, both within the speech and with Trump's delivery, led to temporary widespread confusion:


2020 Oval Office address, Reception
Reception to the speech was generally negative. The American Conservative writer Daniel Larison described the speech as going over "like a lead balloon." Trump received substantial criticism over his choice of wording in the speech, which seemed to imply a total ban on trade with Europe was being implemented, as well as making the speech without first consulting with European Union leaders. Trump's speech did not have a positive effect on the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average futures trading 600 points lower as he was concluding his speech, though this was partly influenced by other factors. Trump also drew criticism for perceived racist and nativist themes present within his speech.


2020 Oval Office address, Reception
Several commentators and analysts, albeit almost exclusively those strongly affiliated with the right-wing, viewed the speech in a more positive manner. Generally, those with more positive viewpoints of Trump's speech focused on the themes of victory included within it.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game
The 2020 Overwatch League All-Star Games refer to two Overwatch League (OWL) All-Star Games – one from each region of the 2020 season. All-Stars Asia took place on September 26, 2020, while All-Stars North America took place on October 3, 2020. Each game was the culmination of the each region's 2020 All-Star Weekend.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Game
The 2020 All-Stars Asia Game followed a different format than that of previous years. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Game, Roster selection
The rosters for the All-Star Asia Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend. Eighteen players in the Asia region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28. Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region. Twenty-four players were selected for All-Stars Asia, which included players from teams in the North America region that had gone home to Asia.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend
In addition to the All-Star Games, the All-Stars Asia Weekend featured the Talent Takedown, Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament, Winston Skills Challenge, Genji Skills Challenge, Ana Skills Challenge, and Who is Meta? competition.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Talent Takedown
The Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, one from China and one South Korea, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of two maps, where at the beginning of each map, one of the teams selected a buff from various options.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Widowmaker 1v1
The Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from Asia. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the finals, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Winston Skills Challenge
The Winston Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Winston players from the region. Each map was played on Ilios, and the winner of each round was determined by which player was able to push a neutral Wrecking Ball into the well located at the center of the map two times, aside from the final match, which a player needed to complete this task three times. Each player had unlimited Primal Rage, Winston's ultimate ability.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Genji Skills Challenge
The Genji Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Genji players from the region. Each map was played on Castillo, and the winner of each round was determined by which player got three eliminations, except for the final, where the winner was determined by which player got five eliminations.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Ana Skills Challenge
The Ana Skills Challenge was series of deathmatches played by the top nine Ana players from the region. The first map was played on Black Forest, while the second, and final, map was played on Necropolis. A round ended when a player reached 20 eliminations or the five-minute time limit had been reached. The top four players from the first round advanced to the final round.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Asia Region, All-Star Weekend, Who is Meta?
The Who is Meta? match was a deathmatch played by the eight players in the region with the most "Fleta Deadlifts" in the season (a player achieves a Fleta Deadlift if they claim over half of their team's final blows in a match). Each player began the match as the character McCree. After a player obtained a kill, they were automatically changed to another character. The first player to get kills on all 22 characters won the match.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, North America Region, All-Star Game
The North America All-Star Game followed the same ruleset as its Asia counterpart. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, North America Region, All-Star Game, Roster selection
The roster for the All-Star North America Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend. Eighteen players in the North America region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28. Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region. Twenty players were selected for All-Stars North America. The players were then drafted into two teams by the coaches of the All-Star Game.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, North America Region, All-Star Weekend
In addition to the All-Star Games, each region's All-Star Weekend featured a Talent Takedown and a Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, North America Region, All-Star Weekend, Talent Takedown
The Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, both from North America, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of three maps. On the first map, each team must have had Genji and Mercy on their team, on the second map, they must have used the GOATS composition, and on the third map, each team must have had Widowmaker and Tracer on their team.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, North America Region, All-Star Weekend, Widowmaker 1v1
The Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from the region. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the final match, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Prize Pool
Players competing in the All-Star Weekend competed for a total prize pool of US$225,000, with the payout division detailed below.


2020 Overwatch League All-Star Game, Broadcasting
The entire All-Star Weekend was broadcast live on YouTube and Overwatch League website.


2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals
The 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals was the third championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), which took place on October 10, 2020. The series was the conclusion of the 2020 Overwatch League playoffs and was played between the San Francisco Shock and Seoul Dynasty.