COLUMBUS – Major League Soccer players have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that will allow for the league to return this summer with a tournament in Florida.
The Major League Soccer Players Association has announced the ratification of the CBA. Players had approved economic concessions for this season. The league countered the proposal from the players and set a Wednesday deadline for ratification.
The sides had agreed to a five-year CBA in February but that had not been ratified when the coronavirus pandemic began. The season was suspended March 12 after just two games because of the pandemic.
Details of the Florida tournament were still under consideration, but the Crew SC and the rest of the league’s 26 teams and limited staff would be sheltered at hotels with games played without fans at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World.