A federal jury has found in favor of the U.S. Soccer Federation and MLS in the antitrust lawsuit filed against the two entities by the North American Soccer League.

The decision puts an end to a years-long legal battle that attorneys representing USSF and MLS have described as “false accusations”.

A federal jury in New York on Monday found that the U.S. Soccer Federation did not violate antitrust law in its handling of the North American Soccer League, which operated between 2011 and 2017 and argued that U.