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João Gonçalves, O Jornal correspondent
On Monday, Major League Soccer announced that the 2021 MLS season will begin on Saturday, April 3 and clubs will start pre-season training on Feb. 22, a little less than six weeks prior to opening day, which this season is being called MLS is Back.
Just two days later reports started surfacing about a possible lockout. ESPN revealed that MLS President and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott sent a memo on Wednesday, advising teams and league staff that they should prepare for a potential work stoppage.
Making sense of the recent MLS CBA decisions
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ESPN’s Jeffrey Carlisle reported Tuesday that Major League Soccer would be invoking a force majeure clause in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and the MLS Players Association (MLSPA).
From ESPN colleague Austin Lindberg.MLS informs #MLSPA that it will invoke force majeure clause to terminate CBA - source. https://t.co/qmwRgrOEOx Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) December 29, 2020
The current CBA was agreed upon in February 2020 and then modifications were made in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition of the CBA runs through the end of the 2025 season. The league’s decision to invoke the force majeure clause (which was introduced to the CBA in June) could potentially have massive ramifications for the 2021 MLS season and beyond.
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