During a conference last week, MLS Commissioner Don Garber pounced on a chance provided when asked of his frustration regarding the lack of progress on a stadium project for D.C. United.
At a Quakes training session Friday a colleague asked me if it felt like the MLS season started a month ago, and reflecting on all the CBA stuff I'd read and written during that time I felt compelled to agree, with a caveat.
Can the magical presence of Landon Donovan loosen the impasse that MLS and the MLS Players Union can't seem to extricate themselves from?
Like it or not, David Beckham is still the only soccer player who moves the sports media needle in the United States.
It's not surprising that joy and relief emanated from the American soccer community upon hearing the news a week ago that federal mediator George H. Cohen would join the CBA negotiations between MLS and the players union.
The on-going negotiations, or lack of same, on a new collective bargaining agreement by MLS and the players' union have prompted the league to push back the date by which teams must be roster and salary-cap compliant.