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Retired player Brandi Chastain talking about the importance of equal pay regarding the U.S. women's national soccer team pay discrimination claim in 2019.. Starting in 2016, players for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) have engaged in a series of legal actions against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
2014 – Le Tour de France offered La Course, which is a women's event that offers the same prize money as a man does for winning the Tour. [6] 2015 – US Women's Soccer Team won the 2015 FIFA World Cup and collectively received $6 million dollars less than the US Men's Soccer Team, which lost in the first round of knockouts. [3]
In 2019 a player on the US men's soccer team would be paid $1.1 million if they won the World Cup. In the same year, a player on the US women's team would be paid $261,000 for a 1st place victory. [52] When a team qualifies for the World Cup, there are built in bonuses when the team places in the top three. If the men's team were to place first ...
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One woman cracked Forbes' 2023 list of the world's highest-paid athletes -- tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play. She retired from her...
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The first transfer in women's football reported as a record was that of Milene Domingues from Fiammamonza to Rayo Vallecano in 2002, two decades before professionalism in Spanish women's football. The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave to Chelsea for $1.1 million in January 2025.
María Sánchez is all about the Benjamins after signing the most lucrative contract in National Women's Soccer League history on Monday. The Wall Street Journal broke the news of the agreement ...