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A positive sign ahead. A teleconference has been called today for 1PM ET to discuss the CBA with Don Garber, Bob Foose, and mediator George Cohen. The AP is reporting that is will be a new five year deal. I’ll have more later on the new details of the CBA.

I do believe this is the first time an owner has actually stepped up and spoke out on the CBA issue in Major League Soccer. The LA Times sat down with LA Galaxy boss Tim Leiweke and discussed the lack of respect the owners are getting right now from the players. “Here’s our issue, and…[continue reading]

We know the news yesterday sounded terrible. The players voted 350-2 (or whatever the final tally really was) to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement with the league is not reached in time for the season openers in two weeks. Or so we thought. Buzz Carrick sheds a little more light into that vote…[continue reading]

We’ve waited a little while for a response from the owners and today we finally got it (h/t once again to Steve Goff for the quotes). MLS president Mark Abbott gives us an indication that the league isn’t happy with what the players have said this week about the CBA discussions. “…the meetings were productive…[continue reading]

Major League Soccer has two weeks to get a new CBA deal done or else it’s players will strike. According to Steve Goff, the players voted 350-2 in favor of striking in two weeks, hours before the season opener in Seattle between Philadelphia Union and the Seattle Sounders FC. Don’t ask who the two that…[continue reading]

Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union both confirmed today that they have accepted the invitation of a mediator to try and resolve the issues currently being experienced in the negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. As part of the meetings, MLS and the Union have jointly accepted the invitation of George H. Cohen, the…[continue reading]

What can I say, today was quite a day. Going in we knew it was going to either be a strike or nothing at all by the players. Some folks around the Internet said it would definitely be a strike while others were more optimistic and said it wouldn’t be. Next we heard the players…[continue reading]

First we got the MLSPU on the no strike talk now we get the press release from the league. Still no plans of lockout so now what? NEW YORK (Feb. 25, 2010) – Major League Soccer issued the following statement today: “During the last year, Major League Soccer has been negotiating with the MLS Players…[continue reading]

Yes today is the deadline for the CBA in Major League Soccer. Now no one has come out and said it will be by 5pm or midnight or when today. But it is today nonetheless. I wanted to start off today with an interesting take by Brian Straus, which may be one of the better…[continue reading]

A couple weeks ago the talks were silent leaving most of us to question how things were going between the players and the league. I guess it truly was the calm before the storm. This morning Steve Goff is reporting that the talks on Monday ended rather nasty, with both sides not meeting on Tuesday.…[continue reading]