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A mediator, a good one at that wasn’t enough this week to get MLS and it’s Players Union on the same page. Toronto FC’s Nick Garcia told CBC Sports Wednesday evening that players were ready to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement was not finalized before the March 25 opener. “We’re anticipating not having the season…[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]

Just got this in…good news for now at least. The Major League Soccer Players Union released the following statement on Thursday: “Effective at midnight tonight, our collective bargaining agreement with MLS will expire,” MLSPU executive director Bob Foose said. “While we expect that negotiations with MLS will resume at some point, there simply hasn’t been…[continue reading]

The title may say it all for some. At 5pm EST today the MLSPU will release a statement regarding their intentions. No definitely word yet but from what a couple have said out there it does not look good. With most teams out of town right now either in Florida, Arizona or Spain its tough…[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]

I saw this late last night but I was honestly just too tired to comment on it at the time. Steve Goff passed over some fairly positive news regarding the on-going CBA discussions with the league and it’s players. I’m getting positive vibes about the negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement between MLS and…[continue reading]

I’ll admit, I don’t want to dive into this whole CBA mess. The more I look at it the more my head hurts. I still believe and fully expect something to get done before the new season kicks off. Today a few bloggers out there give their take and keep us all up to date.…[continue reading]

Let’s face it folks, 2009 is just a couple weeks from finishing here. With that means 2010 and all its glory but even more important is the month ahead for MLS fans. Not only is it the SuperDraft month, a transfer window opening up, some international friendlies but the end of the current CBA. Yes…[continue reading]

The league front office and it’s players union are already in talks. And things are slowly moving along here. Key word is slowly. According to the Sports Business Journal today, the league’s financial data is in question by the players while front office says there is no stalemate. �We recently opened negotiations with the MLS…[continue reading]