The agreement includes prize money for winning the World Cup—something the women’s team has achieved four times, and the men’s team has achieved never.
with the federation after a six-year-long legal battle that began when national team players, including Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, and Alex Morgan filed a wage discrimination complaint against U.S. Soccer in March 2016. The settlement included $22 million in back pay as well as the equal pay mandate.“Simply put, we’re sick of being treated like second-class citizens. It wears on you after a while. And we are done with it,” Lloydin April 2016.
“I want to thank all of you guys for the support, all the social media posts, the messages of support, the chants of ‘Equal Pay’ at really funny times, showing up at our games,” Becky Sauerbrunn, the caption of the U.S. Women’s team,
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