An ominous deadline approaches on Sunday for Major League Soccer and its associated labor interests, who are working to achieve an accord. The parties' collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of the week, so dreadful images of strikes and lockouts may be increasing for fans and all involved principals.



Meanwhile, for the rest of America, the thinking surely goes something like this:

Lockout? Strike? In pro soccer? And in this economic climate? These guys ...

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