Major League Soccer players began voting Tuesday on a revised offer from owners intended to get the league playing again after the coronavirus pandemic suspended the season in mid-March.
Voting will continue through 11 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.
If the two sides agree, it will avert a lockout that MLS owners threatened when they set a Tuesday deadline and then extended it until Wednesday.
A deal also is expected to send all 26 teams to Orlando late this month for a World Cup-style tournament.
Teams would be sequestered for at least a month while they train and then play three group games followed by a knockout round.
The MLS Players Association on Sunday announced players had approved a package of economic concessions for the 2020 season that included modifying the labor agreement reached by both sides in February but not yet ratified.
Included in the package were salary reductions across the entire player pool, bonus reductions and extension of the agreement by a year to 2025.
Owners seeking economic relief in a season shuttered after only two games pushed back against the MLSPA-approved package and they threatened a lockout.
