Garber: MLS is `very prepared' for ref lockout
Lionel Messi's first full season in Major League Soccer was beginning with replacement officials Wednesday when Inter Miami played host to Real Salt Lake, and Commissioner Don Garber said the league is not sure what will happen next.
The Professional Soccer Referees Association overwhelmingly rejected a tentative agreement with the Professional Referee Organization — which supplies match officials to MLS, the NWSL and other leagues.
Garber said MLS remains hopeful that an agreement is struck, and said he was left to wonder if the rejection of the deal suggests “a disconnect between the members and their elected negotiators.”
“It almost seems as if this was intentional,” Garber said. “I don't know how you get to a point where there's a work stoppage and not know what it is that you're disagreeing about. That's frustrating.”
“I will tell you that we are very prepared and are more than willing to manage this in a way that's in the best interest of our players, our teams, the best interest of our fans.” at Maine 31/2 at UMass-Lowell 91/2 at Stony Brook 131/2 at Bellarmine 21/2 at N Kentucky 21/2 at Stetson 61/2 at New Hampshire 111/2 at N'eastern 71/2 Appalachian St 81/2 at Florida Atl 51/2 at Gardner-Webb 51/2 Liberty 91/2 Oakland 51/2 at FGCU 31/2 Vermont 8 at Towson 71/2 Wright St 121/2 at Sacred Heart 41/2 Cent. Conn. St. 21/2 at E Kentucky 71/2 Charleston (SC) 11/2 at Hofstra 21/2 UNC Wilm. 101/2 at Merrimack 13 at Purdue 161/2 at Campbell 81/2 at S Miss 41/2 Little Rock 8 at Minnesota 31/2 E Washington 71/2 at N Colorado 11 St. Thomas 11/2 at S Dakota St 81/2 at Omaha 31/2 UMKC 11/2 at Abilene Chr. 21/2 at Georgia S 11/2 at Utah Valley 14 Grand Canyon 51/2 at UT Arlington 91/2 Morehead St 41/2 Louisiana 61/2 at Tennessee St 51/2 UT Martin 71/2 Louisiana Tech 21/2 at Montana St 3 at Montana 13 at Arkansas St 21/2 Sam Houston 11/2 Washington 21/2 Gonzaga 211/2 at N'western 111/2 at CS Northridge 11/2 at Seattle U 51/2 at Cal 81/2 UCSD 3 at Long Beach St 101/2 at CS Fullerton 91/2 at Santa Clara 91/2 Oregon 11/2 at Arizona 111/2 at UC Irvine 91/2
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at Kings at New Jersey Colorado at Tampa Bay Dallas at Pittsburgh at Carolina at St. Louis Boston at Vegas Vancouver
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UMBC Binghamton
NC A&T C Arkansas Cleveland St Queens NJIT Elon at Old Dominion
SMU Radford at Florida Int at Robert Morris
Kennesaw St at Albany (NY)
Monmouth at Detroit Mercy Fairleigh Dickinson at Wagner N Alabama at Delaware
Drexel at William & Mary St. Francis (PA)
Rutgers Hampton S Alabama at SE Missouri St
Ohio St at N Arizona
Idaho at N Dakota St
Denver Oral Roberts at S Dakota Cal Baptist
Texas St UT Rio GV at Tarleton St
S Utah at W Illinois at UL Monroe
E Illinois at Lindenwood
at UTEP Portland St Sacramento St
Troy at New Mexico St at Arizona St at Portland Michigan UC Davis
SFA Oregon St at UC Riverside CSU Bakersfield
Cal Poly Loyola Mrym
at Stanford Washington St
UCSB -164/+136 -120/+100 -146/+122 -205/+168 -146/+122 -215/+176 -120/+100 -115/-104 -134/+112 -125/+104 -128/+106
Nashville NY Rangers
at Detroit Washington at Ottawa Montreal
Florida NY Islanders at Calgary
Toronto at Seattle
ATP - LOS CABOS OPE-N
Underdog
At Solaz Resort & Spa Los Cabos Los Cabos, Mexico
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor
MEN'S SINGLES
Round of 16
Alex Michelsen, United States, def. Alex de Minaur (3), Australia, 6-4, 6-1. Aleksandar Kovacevic, United States, def. Rinky Hijikata, Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, def. Aleksandar Vukic, Australia, 6-3, 6-0.
Nuno Borges, Portugal, def. Max Purcell (7), Australia, 6-3, 6-3.
Jordan Thompson (8), Australia, def. Emilio Nava, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Casper Ruud (4), Norway, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 6-1, 6-0.
Alexander Zverev (1), Germany, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-3, 6-0. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, def. Daniel Evans, Britain, 6-4, 6-2.
Boston U. 67, American 52
Holy Cross 73, Bucknell 59
James Madison 84, Marshall 58
La Salle 72, St. Bonaventure 59
Lehigh 85, Army 54
Navy 69, Loyola (Md.) 62
Penn St. 90, Illinois 89
Richmond 85, Rhode Island 77
Saint Joseph's 79, George Washington 75 St. John's 90, Georgetown 85
SOUTH
Alabama 98, Florida 93, OT
Charleston Southern 63, SC-Upstate 60 Chattanooga 81, Wofford 65
Clemson 81, Georgia Tech 57
Duke 84, Miami 55
ETSU 82, VMI 69
George Mason 71, Dayton 67
Georgia 76, Vanderbilt 64
Georgia St. 72, Coastal Carolina 71 Jacksonville St. 76, Middle Tennessee 68 LSU 75, Kentucky 74
Longwood 80, UNC-Asheville 75 Memphis 76, Charlotte 52
Mercer 87, The Citadel 78
Mississippi St. 83, Mississippi 71
Notre Dame 72, Louisville 50 Presbyterian 78, Winthrop 55
Rice 94, UAB 71
Samford 74, Furman 72
UNC-Greensboro 71, W. Carolina 65
MIDWEST
Bradley 86, Missouri St. 62 Drake 84, Belmont 69 Ill.-Chicago 88, Evansville 79 Illinois St. 81, N. Iowa 73 Indiana St. 83, Valparaiso 64 Marquette 105, DePaul 71 Nebraska 85, Indiana 70 Oklahoma St. 80, Cincinnati 76 Providence 79, Xavier 75 S. Illinois 72, Murray St. 68 Wichita St. 79, Tulsa 63
SOUTHWEST
South Florida 66, UTSA 61
WOMEN
AP TOP 25
No. 5 Texas 77, Texas Tech 72
No. 10 Kansas St. 73, No. 22 West Virginia 64, OT
No. 24 Baylor 69, Kansas 61
FAR WEST
Boise St. 58, New Mexico 55 Fresno St. 57, Nevada 45
San Diego St. 73, Air Force 63 TCU 68, BYU 58 Texas-Arlington 78, S. Utah 70 UNLV 63, Wyoming 60, OT Utah St. 71, San Jose St. 70
EAST
Boston U. 58, American 56
Colgate 75, Lafayette 49
Duquesne 79, George Washington 69 Fordham 79, Saint Louis 64
George Mason 57, St. Bonaventure 53 Holy Cross 58, Bucknell 47, OT
Lehigh 77, Army 60
Maryland 81, Rutgers 62
N. Illinois 66, Buffalo 57
Navy 53, Loyola (Md.) 51
Villanova 68, Providence 58
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Scoring Average
Doncic, DAL 47 G-Alexandr, OKC53 Antkonmpo, MIL 54 Mitchell, CLE 44 Durant, PHO 48 Curry, GS 50 Brunson, NY 52 Booker, PHO 45 Tatum, BOS 52 Fox, SAC 48 Young, ATL 50 Edwards, MIN 52 Jokic, DEN 53 Maxey, PHI 49 Davis, LAL 52 James, LAL 49
3-point Field Goal Percentage
Allen, PHO Kennard, MEM Leonard, LAC Powell, LAC Williams, OKC
G FG
542 580 626 434 491 457 511 432 481 461 414 473 541 438 493 456
FG FGA
123 255 75 165 112 247 111 245 72 159
Rebounds per game
G Off
FT Pts Avg
341 1606 424 1649 386 1662 236 1249 263 1353 235 1401 273 1434 274 1237 290 1411 221 1284 338 1333 285 1365 244 1382 234 1259 289 1294 200 1216 34.2 31.1 30.8 28.4 28.2 28.0 27.6 27.5 27.1 26.8 26.7 26.3 26.1 25.7 24.9 24.8
Pct
.482 .455 .453 .453 .453