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I seriously was hoping my next CBA story would be my last, the one where the two sides came together and all were happy. Apparently that won’t happen anytime soon. The news is getting worse and now the strike is getting moved up a few days to Monday. Indeed the days are getting darker here…[continue reading]

Earlier it was Tim Leiweke, now it is Seattle Sounders FC owner Joe Roth. Roth chatted with Seattle Times writer Joshua Myers about the CBA issues. Roth compared it to a recent writers strike in Hollywood. As Roth put it, everyone suffered. I see no difference here if the players do end up striking. Roth…[continue reading]

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]

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]