Tigers FC are facing the prospect of forfeiting their FFA Cup clash with APIA Leichhardt after two COVID-19 cases threw the tie into chaos this week.
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Two Tigers players have returned positive results, causing the side's round of 32 clash to be postponed 48 hours from kick-off.
ACT Health is not looking at the trial match against O'Connor Knights on Wednesday night as an exposure site and instead identified the Tigers' training on Thursday and Saturday.
Tigers coach Ryan Grogan said the initial player was asymptomatic - and got tested after he was contacted by ACT Health - but the second player had developed symptoms.
"It's disappointing, but it's just the reality of the world we live in at the moment," he said.
"As soon as we got notified everyone got tested. The double-vaxxed players are in quarantine for seven days ...providing they all return a second negative COVID test.
"The two boys that are infected, they're carrying a lot of guilt because they believe they ruined it for everyone ... but it could happen really to anybody, it's just unfortunate timing. So everyone's obviously getting around them and supporting them."
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The delayed Wednesday fixture joins two other round of 32 games without kick-off dates.
Despite delays due to COVID, Football Australia restated it remained committed to completing the Cup's finals series.
It has pushed back the competition's final to January to buy some time, ahead of the AFC Champions League preliminary rounds - for which the Cup winner will qualify.
Cooma was guaranteed a two-week training window last time their fixture was postponed in August, but Grogan said it was not a reality this time.
"FA's running out of time.
"They're thrown two potential dates at us ... however, there are a number of other factors that come into play as well," he said.
"We do have another player in our side who's not double-vaxxed, so his quarantine time is longer. [And] for the two that have COVID, it's obviously going to be a multi-week process.
"So this potentially puts an issue on us with playing numbers. We're in communication with FA and Capital Football to see if there is potential to make emergency signings or bring players in to fill the holes that may be left behind. So it's a bit of a puzzle that's still being sorted out.
"We may have to forfeit."
Ten champions league spots are yet to be finalised in other countries, with Uzbekistan, China, South Korea, Turkmenistan and Japan waiting to lock in their final spots by January.
A Capital Football spokesperson said they wished the two affected players all the best with their recovery, but refused to disclose how many tickets were sold for the postponed fixture.