Report: MLS players set to strike if CBA isn't reached

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03/11/2010 - Washington, D.C. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Soccer players overwhelmingly voted to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't reached with the league by the season opener on March 25, according to a report in The Washington Post.

The report comes after league and union officials met on Tuesday and Wednesday in the District of Columbia, with George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, serving as an arbitrator. The two sides agreed to meet further, but a new deal doesn't seem immanent.

The Post report stated that more than 350 players voted to strike with just two opposed.

"We will not start the season without a new agreement," an anonymous veteran player told the Washington Post. "To be quite blunt, it doesn't look good at all."

The CBA expired on Jan. 31, with the league extending it twice after failing to reach an agreement with the union. MLS has stated that it will not lock out the players if a new CBA is not reached, but will instead continue under the guidelines of the old CBA. The report in the Post suggests that is not something the players are prepared to do.

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