Mar 4, 2015
MLS, Players reach deal on new CBA
The Major League Soccer season will start on time after the league and the MLS Players Union reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday. The deal is expected to be for five-years and create free-agency for players 28-years-old or older that have been in the league for at least eight years.
TSN.ca Staff
The Major League Soccer season will start on time after the league and the MLS Players Union reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday.
The deal is expected to be for five-years and create free-agency for players 28-years-old or older that have been in the league for at least eight years. There will also be a cap on the amount a player's salary can increase through free-agency depending on the value of his previous deal.
The minimum salary will be $60,000 and the overall league-wide cap will also increase.
The Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire are scheduled to kick-off the 2015 season on Friday night at StubHub Center, but that game and the rest of the opening weekend were put in doubt as the CBA negotiations continued.