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Major League Soccer will lock out referees after its union rejected a tentative contract, putting Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on track to open the season next week with replacement officials. The Professional Soccer Referees Association said Saturday that 95.8% voted against a tentative agreement with the Professional Referee Organization, which supplies match officials to MLS, the NWSL and some lower-tier leagues. The PSRA said in a statement the tentative agreement lacked a sufficient economic package and quality-of-life improvements.

MLS could be forced to use replacement refs at the start of the season if the work stoppage drags on.

FC Cincinnati is 2-0-2 in its last four games at Red Bull Arena and has advanced in three straight knockout games at the venue.

A record number of U.S. referees, including one mother of three, are on track to call games during the Women's World Cup.

Carol Anne Chenard is back at the FIFA Women's World Cup, a life moment truly worth celebrating.