MLS adds second DP slot, option for a third
The MLS has expanded the designated player rule. All clubs can now add a second designated player to their roster and have the option to purchase the rights to add a third.
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MLS / Union
You should know this about the 2010 MLS Cup in Toronto
The 2010 MLS Cup will be given away at Toronto FC’s BMO Stadium, where “masks may be worn in your seat only, and must be removed when leaving your section.”
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Seattle Sounders 2 – Philadelphia Union 0
The honeymoon lasted all of 33 seconds. That’s how long it took veteran centerback, Danny Califf, to get booked last night. PSP looks at the bookings, the game play, and things we learned from the Union’s first match.
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Union’s youth on display
Amidst all of the glitz and the glamour of opening night in MLS, 4 teenagers suited up in Navy and Gold. Facing down last season’s U.S. Open Cup Champion, Amobi Okugo (19), Jack McInerney (17), Roger Torres (18), and Danny Mwanga (18) stepped onto domestic soccer’s biggest stage. All four factored in on […]
CBA Negotiations / Featured / MLS
MLS announces details of new CBA
MLS finally announces the nitty gritty of the new CBAm including league-wide increases in salary, increases in the minimum player salary, a new “re-entry draft,” quality of life improvements and the establishment of a group to study the reintroduction a MLS Reserve Division.
Featured / MLS
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.
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.
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…
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.
CBA Negotiations / Featured / MLS
Time to fold ’em?
“You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,” goes the famous song. Message to MLS management and players: It’s time to fold ’em. Give ground and compromise, or your season and maybe your entire league will go into the tank.
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