A historic win this week for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team as they reach a landmark collective bargaining agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation agreeing to pay both the men and women’s teams equally. This agreement comes months after the women’s team and the U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement over a long equal pay battle.
The new agreements create identical economic terms for the two teams. This means that the U.S. Soccer Federation will pay men and women’s players the same roster appearance fees and performance payments, plus the same game bonuses for official competitions such as the World Cup.
The U.S. is now the first country where national teams have agreed to pool and share their prize money from tournaments.
U.S. women’s player Margaret “Midge” Purce said, “I feel a lot of pride that there are a lot of young girls who are going to see what we’ve accomplished and grow up recognizing their value rather than fighting to find it.”
This is a historic moment in the ongoing fight for equal pay.
