Some Soccer News for Feb 4, 2016
du Nord, February 4, 2016
It's Day 35 of 2016. US Soccer has filed a lawsuit against the union that represents the USA Women's National Team. The dispute is over a collective bargaining agreement that the union says is invalid. US Soccer is not seeking damages, just a declaration that the cba is in play. By Andrew Das of the New York Times. The two sides have been negotiating over the disagreement but when the union dug in its heals the federation took legal action. Either way the old collective bargaining agreement expires Dec 31, 2016. -All the documents and a summary of the lawsuit. By Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com. The players union lawyer Rich Nichols speaks. By Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated. US Soccer, not surprisingly, has no mention of any of this on its website. dN Lee Nguyen is a late bloomer for call ups for the USMNT, so how and why is this the time? By Brian Straus of Sports Illustrated. dN The collective bargaining agreement between MLS and its players was posted on line yesterday by the players union. Some inter