With the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Soccer and its players union set to expire Friday, the two sides agreed Thursday to extend the current deal a week in an effort to get a new contract signed. MLS and the union announced the extension in a two-sentence joint statement Thursday:“Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA) today announced that they have agreed to extend the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) through February 7, 2020. MLS is the only major professional league in the U.S. whose teams still travel on commercial airline flights. If a new deal isn’t signed by Feb. 7, the union and the league could agree to a further extension. Failing that, the players could decide to stop reporting to practice and preseason games or the owners could lock them out.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 19:18 UTC