U.S. Women’s Soccer Made More Money Than Men’s Team Since 2015, But Women’s Team Players Are Still Paid Less

On March 8, 28 United States women’s soccer players filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, claiming that they are victims of gender-based pay discrimination, because they receive lower wages overall than players on the U.S. men’s soccer team. But last month, the USSF responded to the lawsuit, according to Sports Illustrated, admitting that the women’s team players made lower pay than players on the men’s team, but that the pay disparity was not based on gender difference, but on the difference in revenue generated by the two national teams. In other words, the men brought in more money, so they were paid higher wages.

But in a blockbuster new report published on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reveals that the USSF claims that the men bring in more cash than the women is simply not true — at least, not since 2015 when the U.S. National Women’s Team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the third time.

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