US Soccer and Major League Soccer were cleared Monday by a federal jury of allegations they colluded to prevent a now-defunct league from competing in top-tier men’s professional soccer, a victory for the organizations after nearly a decade of litigation.
A 10-person jury deliberated for less than two hours to find for US Soccer and MLS, specifically that there was no “relevant market” for the plaintiff’s allegations, a threshold step in this type of case.
Accordingly, the jury didn’t reach the other questions, like whether North American Soccer League LLC proved that US Soccer and MLS had an agreement to ...
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