Jeff Carlisal
According to filing in the US District Court for the southern district of New York, on Wednesday, the relevant sports has set up its dissatisfaction with the US Soccer Federation. Just one year ago, with the first settlement with FIFA, the relevant route to hold matches of the United States and anywhere else is now clear.
Fileing is written, “According to the feed.
The term “with prejudice” means that in the future, the relevant claims against the USSF have been stopped from removing the same claim or case.
The case alleges that the USSF, along with FIFA, has conspired to stop its approval to stop foreign league matches in the United States and has been made to benefit the Soccer United Marketing (SUM).
SUM MLS is a marketing arm and is about to compete in the field of promoting international football matches. There is no longer a legal barrier to such matches.
In a statement to the ESPN, a USSF spokesman said, “We are happy to put the matter behind because we are focused on expanding the game before next year’s World Cup and using US football speed.”
In a statement, CEO Danny Suleiman said: “We appreciate the cooperation of American football in reaching this settlement. Finally, we all share the same purpose: Increasing the game all over the United States. We are excited to continue the support clubs from Europe and all over the world so that the effects of sports can be expanded across the United States.”
Jeffrey Casler, a lead attorney related to Firm Winston and Strawn, will only confirm the ESPN that the case has been settled. Neither the Casler nor the USSF revealed the terms of the settlement.
The MLS, which will likely face a growing competition in the light of the settlement, did not immediately respond to the request to comment.
The litigation, which was first filed in 2019, was under Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross, after signing a trade rights agreement with Spain’s Lalega, and after trying to host a league match with Barcelona and Garona at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Such matches will be played with the League’s National Federations as well as the match.
On this occasion, the relevant concerned regarding the approval of the Spanish Football Federation was denied. Later, an attempt was made to host a match of the Ecuadorian League between Barcelona and Giacol City, but the USSF refused to approve the program.
The USSF said that the reason for refusing to approve the match was due to FIFA’s policy, which was adopted by its ruling Council in 2018, which “emphasized on the principle of the game that the official league matches will be played in the area of the concerned member association.”
The litigation was excluded in July 2021. The concerned alleged that the deal was intended to “stick to FIFA policy and boycott the league, clubs and players who participated in unapproved games in the United States.”
Judge Valerie Caprony ruled that the USSF’s FIFA policy, without any additional facts, was not enough to prove that the USSF had signed an illegal contract with FIFA to “limit output”.
But an appeal court dismissed the decision in May 2023 in May, stating that “compatiblely alleged that the 2018 policy reflects the affiliation of the head -to -head rivals to limit the competition.”
With the turning point of the case, the then Solocator General Elizabeth B. Parilgar has filed a 23 -page brief, stating that the appellate court’s decision should stand.
The government wrote, the USSF “did not work freely. It participated in the membership association, which adopted a policy banning the members of the association, and it presented the policy as a statement stated to refuse to approve the proposed matches.”
The government added that the “USSF” was not a member of the selected FIFA, nor was it inactive or inadvertently to adopt and implement the 2018 policy. “
When compatible with FIFA last year, its filing states that “FIFA agreed to consider changes to FIFA’s current policies in playing official season games outside the league’s domestic area.”
For this purpose, FIFA had announced the last May 15 That it is creating a 10-15 member working group that will “consider a revised legal framework at the FIFA level in which I) will consider the standard of implementing the rules, procedures and procedures and processes, and II) to allow the Inter-Club football matches or competitions.”
But the concerned retained the USSF as a defendant, Kesler told the ESPN in 2024 that if the two sides were not settled, the relevant “claims of non -confidence would be followed to its full extent.”
Now, the coming months will determine the extent to which the foreign league will be in charge of holding the league in the United States.
