Sanity prevails! Compromise for rest of '05... while talks continue on contract which will be retroactive once agreed. If you want to read all about this sequence of events, including finding out who was called up as replacements and their particulars... http://blog.matchnight.com/
This is great news. I think it would have been embarassing if this had happened. I am not taking sides, I just want to see the best players the US has playing.
thank god- my stomach is sore enough from puking over the hockey strike- the us national team striking(or being locked out- whatever!!!) would have sent me over the edge... soccer in the usa needs the boost that a successful world cup provides.