Court Reluctantly Extends Stay of Arbitration in Legal Dispute

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has a granted a motion to extend a stay of arbitration in a case where a soccer match promoter has sued the United Sates Soccer Federation, Inc. and Major League Soccer in a dispute about whether the USSF is entitled to sanctioning fees, and other issues, in regard to an international exhibition set to be played on U.S. soil.   The judge reasoned that it wanted the Federation Internationale de Football Association, the arbitrator in the