Legal Opinion

United States Soccer Federation, Inc. v. United States National Soccer Team Players Ass'n

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 22, 2016No. 15-3402PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Soccer is called “the beautiful game,” 1 but the collective-bargaining process behind the sport can be ugly. This case matches Plaintiff United States Soccer Federation, Inc. (“US Soccer Federation”); the national governing body for soccer in the United States, against Defendant United States National Soccer Team Players Association (“Players Association”), the labor union for members of the Men’s National Team, in a dispute over their current collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) and uniform player agreement (“UPA” and collectively with CBA, “CBA/UPA”).

The present case…

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