The new deal
The actual nuts-and-bolts of Major League Soccer’s new collective bargaining agreement, a look at who won and who lost, and a round-up of the most readable CBA stories around the web.
Archive for March, 2010
Featured / MLS
Independence / Indy match reports
Independence tops NCAA national champs
With their squad strengthened by the return of players from International duty, the Philadelphia Independence handily defeated NCAA national champs UNC 3-0.
Barcelona / La Liga / Spain
Lionel Messi is a vampire wizard
ell your kid to put away the Harry Potters and the Twilights – a better hero exists. Twenty-two year old Barcelona forward Lionel Messi scored three goals on Sunday against Real Zarazoga, bringing his total for the past week to eight. It was the second straight league hat trick for the wizard, and he has leaped […]
CBA Negotiations / Featured / MLS / Union
The new MLS CBA: further details
The MLS and the MLS Players Union “have reached agreement in principle” on a new collective bargaining agreement which will allow the new season to start on time. Here are further details on what MLS commissioner Don Garber and Players Union executive director Bob Foose said in the announcement of the agreement.
Union
Union lose 1-0 in final pre-season friendly
Philadelphia Union lost 1-0 Friday night to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in their final pre-season friendly in Tampa. J.T. Noone’s shot off the crossbar was the closest the Union came to netting.
Fan Culture / Local
Cheer up, a new soccer shop is in town!
With the very real possibility of a strike threatening to overshadow Philadelphia’s triumphant return to the top flight of American soccer, the PSP looks for something positive in the city’s soccer scene and finds it in a new soccer gift shop on Head House Square.
Europe / UEFA Champions League / UEFA Europa League / World
Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals draw
On Friday morning the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the Europa League took place. Here’s what we have to look forward to.
CBA Negotiations / Featured / MLS / US
MLS Labor Update (CBA Announced!!)
MLS owners and MLS players union announced a new Collective Bargaining Agreement today just after 1PM. Details are still hazy, but as expected the league conceeded some points to retain its single-entity structure. Read more…
Daily news roundups / Featured
Dempsey’s stunner, Union’s last friendly, other news
Dempsey caps Fulham’s miracle comeback, Philadelpha Union plays its last pre-season friendly, the New York Red Bulls open their stadium and other soccer news of the day.
CBA Negotiations / US Soccer History
A look back at the NASL strike of 1979
The threat of a strike in the MLS has resulted in some very gloomy articles about the NASL strike of 1979. PSP looks at the issues surrounding the strike and what happened during and after the strike to question the validity of comparisons to the current negotiations between MLS and the Players Union.
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