Hope everyone made it through the hand-egg weekend! Here’s what happened in the world of soccer while everyone else was watching the other game...
But first, the MLS lockout has been averted with an announcement by the league late on Friday:
Major League Soccer and the Major League Soccer Players Association today reached a tentative agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement, covering the next seven years from 2021 through 2027, is subject to the approval of the MLS Board of Governors and the membership of the MLSPA.
No details were provided, but MLS appears to have held firm on having the CBA run through 2027 instead of the Players Association’s counter of ‘2026 (World Cup year).