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MLS union denounces SuperLiga

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06:25 AM ET 07.14 | Irked by the apparent misrepresentation about the Superliga purse, the MLSPA slams the league in a statement. The purse for Superliga, the second-year tournament pitting Major League Soccer and Mexican clubs, which kicks off this weekend, is a cool million dollars. At least, that's what MLS loves to say. But on Saturday, the MLS Players Association sent a few shots across the bows of the league. In a statement emailed to the media, the MLSPA slammed the tournament and MLS's marketing arm, Soccer United Marketing, for misrepresenting the true amount of money involved. "MLS is misleading its great fans," the statement reads. "What has not been revealed by the league is that its New York office has unilaterally set its own bonus structure for players, who will receive only a small fraction of the $1 million....

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