The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached new historic collective bargaining agreements to ensure equal pay and prize money for its men and women's national teams.
Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Allie Long are celebrating.
The pay for all international soccer tournaments, including the World Cup, is included in the two collective bargaining agreements.
The U.S. Soccer will be the first national governing body to ensure equal prize money from FIFA by pooling prize funds and splitting them equally among the men and women.
The national team players will get the same game bonuses.
Three months ago, the U.S. Soccer federation agreed to equalize pay for men and women after members of the women's national team filed a lawsuit.
U.S. Soccer will ensure an equal division of broadcast, partner and sponsorship revenue as well as profits from tickets sold at home matches, it said.
The president of the U.S. Women's National Team Players Association called the new deals a testament to the incredible efforts.
This is a historic moment. Cindy Parlow Cone, the U.S. Soccer president, said that these agreements have changed the game forever in the United States.
$34 million. The U.S. women's team won the World Cup, but it took home less money than France's male team. The U.S. Women's National Team earned less than the Men's National Team in the final round of World Cup qualification, when each male player could earn up to $18,125 for each win.
The new agreements come after years of pressure from the women's national soccer team, including legal battles as well as public interviews, to ensure female soccer players receive the same compensation as men. The women's team has argued that it was paid less than the men's team because they failed to qualify for the tournament. A group of retired women's national team players filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In March, 28 members of the U.S. women's national team sued the U.S. Soccer over pay equity and working conditions. The U.S. Soccer team agreed to pay $24 million to the female players and promised to ensure equal pay for men and women in the future. The settlement can be finalized now that the collective bargaining agreement with the women's team is complete.
The soccer teams in the U.S. will get equal pay under new labor deals.
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