Overview

• MLS offered players $1 million participation bonuses plus 20 percent of performance-based prize money for the expanded tournament.
• MLSPA rejected the league’s proposal as adding no new funds and allocating only about 10 percent of the FIFA windfall to players.
• Seattle Sounders players drew attention to the dispute on June 2 by wearing T-shirts reading “Club World Cash Grab” and “Fair Share Now.”
• The union has floated a counter of $4 million from the $9.55 million participation fee and 35–40 percent of performance bonuses.
• Negotiations have been ongoing since MLS delivered its revised terms on June 6 and remained unresolved as of June 8.