Major League Soccer headed for strike?

Major League Soccer’s season is scheduled to begin on March 25, but that could be in jeopardy if the players and owners don’t strike a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.

The two sides have agreed to talk up until Thursday, and it’s likely to come and go with nothing getting done, according to multiple reports.

Over the weekend, the owners offered to start the season on time under the expired collective bargaining agreement. But the players believe the owners aren’t serious and they wouldn’t say if they would play under the old deal.

MLS president Mark Abbott said there are no plans to lock out the players, leaving it up to the players to strike.

In a column on ESPN, Kansas City Wizards defender  Jimmy Conrad is quoted saying that the players have “made a huge effort to be reasonable.”

“At this point [the owners] they’re not even humoring us with something tangible. If

things stay where they are, then it’s inevitable that a work stoppage is

going to happen.”