U.S. Soccer Says It Pays Women’s Team More Than Men’s Team
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 10: People cheer as members of the US Women’s National Soccer Team travel down the “Canyon of Heroes” in a ticker tape parade on July 10, 2019 in New York City. The team defeated the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday in France to take the 2019 Women’s World Cup. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
US Soccer Says Women's Team Paid More Than Men's Team
As soon as the US Women's soccer team scored their second consecutive World Cup title earlier this month, stadium goers began chanting "equal pay," a refrain later echoed at the team's ticker-tape victory parade.
While the public is calling on Congress to investigate the issue that the Men's team is paid better, the US Soccer Federation claims that isn't the case.
According to its president, Carlos Cordeiro, on Monday, they paid the female players $34.1 million in salaries and game bonuses this decade, while paying the men $26.4 million during the same period.
USWNT spokesperson Molly Levinson isn't buying the figures, responding, "The numbers USSF uses are utterly false which, among other things, inappropriately include the NWSL salaries of the players to inflate the women's players compensation."
