[MLS] Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union reached an agreement in principle on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, averting a strikescheduled for the start of the 2010 season. Among the terms of the deal: — a re-entry draft for players of a certain age who are out of contract or whose options […]
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What They're Saying
“Going forward, we are going to have a real relationship with the league as opposed to being combative at times, and that’s crucial for any league to do well. We have been extremely unified andunited throughout this process. It’s been a very productive few weeks. We are all mainly excited to play soccer this year […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They're Saying
“If an employee goes on strike, they are effectively terminating themselves. I don’t think it is unusual for employers to underscore how drastic a remedy a strike is and what the employee stands tolose.” — Joshua Zuckerberg, a partner at Pryor Cashman, who has represented both labor and management in collective bargaining, on the report […]
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Young stars highlight Red Bull Arena opener
[MLS] For Saturday’s opening of Red Bull Arena (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 6:30 pm ET) could be the only soccer game at $200 million stadium for a while. TheNew York Red Bulls will be without star Juan Pablo Angel and their opponent, Santos of Brazil, will be missing Robinho,who is also injured, but both […]
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Preseason Scoreboard
[MLS] The Kansas City Wizards beat AC St. Louis, 2-0, in one of two D1-D2 friendlies on Friday. Philadelphia Union fell to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USSFDivision 2, 1-0, in a battle of expansion teams. Eleven MLS teams are in action on Saturday. For the complete schedule … March 20 in Kansas City […]
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Donovan can be game-changer in union talks
Can the magical presence of Landon Donovan loosen the impasse that MLS and the MLS Players Union can’t seem to extricate themselves from? He flew to Washington, D.C., Thursday to join about two dozen player representatives, and all manner of executives and lawyers from the opposing sides trying to reach deal by which a threatened […]
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Preseason Schedule
[MLS] All 16 MLS teams will be in action on the final weekend of the preseason though they may be missing players attending the MLS labor talks in Washington,D.C. Play begins Friday with two games. Colorado hosts Seattle, while Philadelphia plays the new Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USSF Division 2 in Tampa. For all […]
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Houston's Kinnear comes home for 'chippy' clash with Quakes
[MLS] Houston Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear and his childhood friend, San Jose Earthquakes general manager John Doyle,described the 0-0 friendly played by their teams Wednesday at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco – not far from where they grew up — as “chippy.” They had met Thursday afternoon in thelobby of the Fairmount Hotel in […]
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Brazilian opening adds excitement to Red Bull Arena
By Paul Gardner One of the great moments in New York soccer history is now almost upon us. Pity it has to happen in New Jersey, but I guess, just this once, we can goalong with the Red Bull’s impertinent claim to be the New York Red Bulls. A shining new stadium, a real soccer […]
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The number$ behind Red Bull Arena
Paid for without a loan, the new Red Bull Arena represents the biggest and most visible foreign investment ever made in professional soccer in the USA, writes MatthewFutterman. Red Bull, the Austrian “energy drink” maker, spent $220 million on the stadium that opens this weekend in Harrison, N.J. While Red Bull has had flat revenue […]