Sources: Despite new offer, MLS, players not close on Club World Cup bonus deal

Major League Soccer made a proposal to the MLS Players Association that would increase performance-based bonuses in this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup, but the two sides don’t appear close to an agreement. The league sent the proposal to the league on Friday, according to a source briefed on the discussions between the league and the union. The union responded forcefully to that offer in a statement on Sunday afternoon, calling the league’s proposal “retaliatory” and saying the league had “ignored months of attempts by players to engage” until making its offer on Friday. According...