You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

U.S. Soccer to Offer Same Contract to Women’s and Men’s Teams After Years of Discriminatory Pay

HeadlineSep 17, 2021

In sports news, the U.S. Soccer Federation has announced it’s offering the same contract proposals to both the men’s and women’s teams. This follows years of organizing by U.S. women soccer players, who denounced the drastic difference in wages compared to their male counterparts. Several women players sued the U.S. Soccer Federation over gender discrimination. The U.S. women’s soccer team has won a record four World Cup titles, while the male team has won none.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top