After winning the World Cup, the USWNT is going after their biggest goal: Equal pay.
brought it to new prominence. In recent years, a male soccer player on the U.S. national team could earn up to $13,166 per victory in a nontournament game, while a similarly situated female player would make only $4,950. The pot of prize money awarded to victorious male World Cup players last year was $400 million; this year, the female champions split $30 million.
ticker-tape parade down the canyons of New York, strangers on the street putting babies in their arms—and steeling themselves for an upcoming mediation with the USSF.
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