We’re entering MLS’ CBA season: the league’s collective bargaining agreement with its players will need to be renewed before MLS 2020 gets underway, so look forward to a steadily escalating series of reports about the progress of those negotiations as both sides test each other’s willingness to compromise.
And there may be some new CBAs entering on the US soccer scene: the USL Championship (the rebranded top-tier of what is a now a three-tiered USL set-up) has recently voluntarily recognized a players union, with the Washington Post reporting there is intention to get a collective bargaining agreement hammered out before that league kicks off in March; NWSL has also recently recognized a union for its players, though Howard Megdal has reported for Forbes that the NWSL Players Association has no immediate plans to push for a CBA.