Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and the players’ association leader say they don’t want to see a strike or work stoppage, but they don’t seem to agree on many other bargaining details.
Garber said Tuesday the league and the MLS Players Association now have less than three weeks to create forge a new collective bargaining agreement after MLS owners invoked the force majeure clause effectively suspending the current contract. Garber didn’t commit to a full-scale lockout if the two parties can’t strike a deal by his Jan. 29 deadline, but he was firm in his commitment to the timeline.