It's official: there will be an MLS season as planned in 2021.
The league and its players union ratified the agreement they reached on Friday night, paving the way to avoid the first work stoppage in league history. The new collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2027 season, which is what MLS had proposed in exchange for guaranteeing no pay cuts this year after players were subjected to them as a result of the pandemic's impact on league finances.
The season's fate was up in the air after MLS invoked a force majeure clause, citing those financial losses due to the pandemic and those the league expected to incur in 2021.