The United States Soccer Federation and the country’s women’s team have closed their dispute over wage discrimination on Tuesday with an agreement by which the players will receive 24 million dollars as compensation and will have the same salary as the men’s team.
This agreement represents an important victory for the US women’s team, which had sued the Federation for salary inequality compared to what the men’s team players are paid.
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In a joint statement, the Federation and the players pointed out that they will work “proudly” and hand in hand to “advance equality” in the world of football.
US media, such as ‘ESPN’, detailed that the players of the national team will share 22 million dollars and pointed out that the Federation will pay 2 million more, which will be to help the players once they have retired from professional sports and also to charitable initiatives related to equality in football.
The Federation has also promised that the members of its men’s and women’s teams are paid the same both in friendlies and in official tournaments..
“When we win, everyone wins!”wrote on Twitter Megan Rapinoe, emblem of the women’s team and an icon of the fight for equality in American sports.
Later, Rapinoe participated in the television program ‘Good Morning America’ with her partner and also soccer star Alex Morgan, another of the visible faces of the women’s team in this battle.
“This is a monumental step forward to feel valued and respected and to fix our relationship with the Federation”Morgan said.
Rapinoe and Morgan were joined on “Good Morning America” by Federation President Cindy Parlow Cone.
This dispute began in 2016 with a complaint that five national team players filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for pay discrimination.. Those five footballers who stepped up were Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo.
Three years later, 28 players of the American team sued the Federation for the same reasons in a federal court in California (USA). The US women’s soccer team is a great international power and has won four World Cups (1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019), successes that leave far behind an American men’s team that, for example, did not even qualify for the last World Cup (Russia 2018).
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