Turns out Major League Soccer never had a finalized labor contract for the last five years, a situation players and management hope to rectify following their agreement in principle last week on a new deal through 2019. Players and the league reached a memorandum of understanding five days before the 2010 season opener but never took the time to draft a full collective bargaining agreement. It wasn't all that important,'' L. Robert Batterman, the league's lead labor lawyer at Proskauer, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. ''It's frustrating for all concerned,'' union head Bob Foose said. More...