U.S. Women Soccer Players File Wage Discrimination Fight

Several members of the U.S. women’s soccer team have filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, the sport’s domestic governing body. In a suit filed with the EEOC, the soccer players – including stars Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd, and Alex Morgan – argue that, despite the women’s team generating nearly $20 million more in revenue last year than the men’s team, the women earn only about a quarter of their male counterparts. “[I]t has become clear that the Federation has no intention of providing us equal pay for equal work,” team member Megan Rapinoe said. The union representing the players is in a legal dispute with U.S. Soccer over a collective bargaining agreement. “We think very highly of the women’s national team and we want to compensate them fairly, and we’ll sit down and work through that with them when all of this settles down,” USSF President Sunil Gulati said.