Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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).
2021 – An equal pay deal with the FAI means players of the Republic of Ireland Women's football team will receive the same pay as players of the Republic of Ireland Men's football team. [22] 2022 – The U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to an equal pay deal with both the women’s and men's national soccer team. [23]
The deal will equal the payment structure for men’s and women’s players starting with the upcoming men’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the women’s 2023 World Cup in Australia.
The women's team won the 2014 World Cup tournament but was paid $7 million prize money less than their male counterparts who failed in the round of 16. In 2016, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, American soccer player Hope Amelia Solo files lawsuit against the U.S Soccer Federation for disregarding pay equity with her teammates.
Players for the U.S. women's national team have filed a federal class-action lawsuit seeking equal pay to their male counterparts. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay ...
"This deal is going to have ramifications throughout the entire world," said Cindy Parlow, U.S. soccer president. Players on the U.S. women’s and men’s national teams will now be paid equally ...
The U.S. men's and women's national teams will be paid identically for games and competitions, including the World Cup, U.S. Soccer said.
Professional women's association football players have organized to dispute several issues specific to the sport, such as disparities in compensation compared to men's teams; [1] insufficient pay to compete with other women's teams; [2] unfair or exclusionary financial terms of federation business agreements involving the team; [1] a lack of minimum standards in facilities and treatment ...