Thursday, March 3, 2016

Judge considers right to strike for US women's soccer team (The Associated Press)

The U.S. Women's soccer team celebrates after winning the CONCACAF Olympic women's soccer qualifying championship final against Canada Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in Houston. The U.S. won 2-0. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A federal judge in Chicago is set to make a high-stakes ruling to determine whether the world-champion U.S. women's soccer team has the right to strike before this year's Olympics. At the first status hearing in the case Thursday, a judge set May 25 for in-court arguments between the soccer federation and the players' union on the issue. The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Association argues it can strike, if it chooses, because a collective bargaining agreement is no longer valid.


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