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MLS referee lockout ends: Why the chaos finally appears to be over - explained

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MLS matches at the start of the 2024 season have gone ahead with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/mls-chaos-referee-union-rejects-cba-2024-season-replacements/blt3e19e2e6104d8674" target="_blank">replacement referees</a> as the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) and the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) failed to reach an agreement. The PSRA voted to ratify a new CBA on Monday, <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39811812/mls-referee-lockout-new-cba-agreed-2030-sources" target="_blank">ESPN</a> reports, meaning the officials may be reintroduced this week.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The report claims that 72 of the 97 people eligible to vote backed the agreement. The new deal will run for seven years, finishing at the end of the 2030 season. According to <a href="https://theathletic.com/5368703/2024/03/26/mls-referees-cba-deal-vote/" target="_blank">The Athletic</a>, the agreement includes significant pay rises for referees, assistant referees and video assistant referees.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Negotiations between the officials' labour union and PRO grew tense as they failed to come to terms ahead of the 2024 MLS season kicking off. PRO <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lionel-messi-minor-league-player-mls-gambling-reputation-referee-lockout-2024-mistakes-underqualified/blt066013af60e2848a" target="_blank">controversially locked referees out of MLS matches</a> before the opening game of the season and both sides filed Unfair Labor Practices complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.

DID YOU KNOW?

The referees may be back in action for the first time when the Philadelphia Union meet Minnesota United on Saturday. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will meet New York City FC in Florida this weekend.

WHAT NEXT FOR MLS?

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Referees will return to MLS matches for the first time this season after a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was reached on Monday.