MLS has issued a memo to its teams and league staff instructing them to prepare for a work stoppage.
The memo, sent by MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott, comes ahead of a Jan. 29 (midnight, Jan. 28) deadline to negotiate a revised collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between MLS and the MLS Players Association. If the league follows through with its threat to lock players out, it would be the first work stoppage in MLS history.
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