MLS plans for return after players union ratifies collective bargaining agreement

Major League Soccer is back. But it took a circuitous and at times tenuous road to get there, and it was for a time in danger of not happening at all.The league and the MLS Players Association on Wednesday ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that runs through the 2025 season, includes salary and bonus cuts for players, and a return-to-play scenario that would take all 26 teams to Orlando for a tournament.While there are several significant provisions in what both parties agreed to, on