ALABAMA LABOR DAY CUP GOES ON DURING A PANDEMIC

Over 70 soccer teams from across the southeast come to Decatur, even during a pandemic.

Over in morgan county -- more than 70 youth soccer teams from across the south east traveled to decatur this weekend for the third annual alabama labor day cup -- even admist a pandemic.

Waay 31's grace campbell spent the day at the tournament and learning about safety precautions in place to keep both the athletes and their families safe.

That's right i'm here at the jack allen recreation complex where the last game ended a few hours ago.

From what i saw it was about 50-50 with people following thec- d-c guidelines by social distancing and masking.

But everyone i spoke with said they were comfortable with all the safety measures.

One woman told me she was grateful everyone had to complete a prescreening of coronavirus symptoms and possible exposures before they were allowed to come to the tournament.

Geshia moore, parent: "i'm so thankful for that, especially the parents that have preexisting conditions, as myself, it makes me feel real assured that things will be okay."

Geshia moore came to watch her son play in the alabama labor day cup.

Premier soccer services is hosting the tournament.

But the organization increased safety measures this year to ensure the tournament could go on.

It changed the time in between each game from 15 minutes, to 40.

This allowed enough time to sanitize the benches and allow the teams to leave the field without crowding.

Each game had a staggard start so once the games were over, there weren't too many people in the parking lot at once.

One father says the staff reminded people to follow cdc guidelines, but it's ultimately up to the parents.

Sack thammavongsa: "we're pretty much asked to put our masks on when we're around people and stuff like that.

We try to take all the precautions and stuff, if we're surrounded by people we put our masks on and try to stay isolated."

Geshia moore: "we are outside, we have enough space, this place is massive, so everyone is allowed to have the distancing between one another to feel safe."

Parents told me they didn't care they were expected to wear masks and social distance, they would do whatever was needed to have this tournament and get a sense of normalcy.

Live in decatur, grace campbell,