The United States women’s team announced this Tuesday that it reached an agreement with the Soccer Federation of its country to receive compensation for 24 millions of dollars and thus close a lawsuit for gender discrimination and equal pay in discipline.
According to the USSF (United States Soccer Federation), the payment will be made in order to equalize the bonuses of the women’s team over the men’s team.
In total they will be 22 million dollars to be distributed among the players that make up the team, although in the end it represented a third of what they asked for in compensation.
The remaining two million dollars will go to a fund that will benefit soccer players after their retirement and that will also promote growth in women’s sports.
Similarly, the USSF undertook to equalize the payments and bonuses of both teams, in collective agreements that will be reached in the coming weeks once they meet with the unions that represent each set.
Soccer players Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan became the first large-scale spokespersons for the equal pay movement that had been brewing for several years but had its biggest voice after winning the World Cup of 2019 when the winners shouted “Equal pay!”.
This agreement is reached after a legal battle that lasted almost six years and where players and spokespersons for the United States women’s team demanded equal conditions in salaries and bonuses. 2022