US Soccer throws wrench in inequality claim, audit shows women’s team was paid more than men’s
July 30, 2019 | Frieda Powers
The U.S. Soccer Federation is pushing back in the debate over pay equity, releasing a letter saying that the women’s national team has been paid more than the men’s national team.
Figures were released Monday in a letter from U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro ahead of a mediation in the lawsuit over what the women’s team have called “institutionalized gender discrimination,†according to Time.
According to Time:
U.S. Soccer said it pays the women’s national team players a base salary of $100,000 per year, and an additional $67,500 to $72,500 per player as a salary for playing in the National Women’s Soccer League. The women also have health care benefits and a retirement plan.
Players on the men’s national team are paid by training camp call-ups, game appearances and through performance bonuses. The federation acknowledged the men have the ability to earn higher bonuses than the women. The men’s team did not make the field for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, while the women have won back-to-back World Cup titles.
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