The USLPA has voted to authorize its bargaining committee to call a strike unless an agreement with the USL can be reached on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
For those of you who don’t follow the USL (I suspect most c/football subscribers fall into this category), this is fallout from South Georgia Tormenta folding two weeks before the season starts: https://www.tormentafc.com/news/2026/02/23/statement-from-tormenta-fc-on-the-2026-season/
USL is currently in works to implement pro/rel from USL1 (the 3rd tier of American soccer) through to the new USL Premier league (a competing first division with MLS), and this chaos is raising questions about seriousness of the logistics behind that plan. The USLPA is the union that represents the players.