Female players of the United States soccer team will now be paid ‘the same’ as their male counterparts.
The United States Soccer Federation announced on Wednesday that it has reached an agreementhistorical» with the associations of players of its selections, which formalizes equal salaries between the women’s team and the men’s team. “The two collective agreements, which will run until 2028, make it possible to achieve equal wages through identical economic terms“, Details the federation in a press release, a few months after the announcement of a first preliminary agreement with a group of players.
The announcement comes a few months after that of a first preliminary agreement of the federation with a group of players, including the star and Ballon d’Or 2019 Megan Rapinoe, who had started legal proceedings against the authority in 2019.US Soccerhad already committed to paying the women’s national team at the same level as the men’s team.
“The potential to change football around the world»
“It is truly a historic moment. These agreements change the sport forever here in the United States, and they have the potential to change the sport around the world.“said in the same press release the president of US Soccer, Cindy Parlow Cone.
Equal pay had long been demanded by American female players. The United States have always finished on the podium of the Women’s World Cup since its inception in 1991, and have won the last two editions, in 2015 and 2019. They also won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012. The men’s team has had much less success: it had not qualified for the 2018 World Cup or for the last three editions of the Olympics.