U.S. Women's Soccer's Argument for Equal Pay Just Got Stronger
- EEOC complaint has not yet been resolved, attorney says
- U.S. Soccer women continue to seek equal pay to men’s team
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U.S. Soccer has long justified paying the men’s national team more than the women in part because, it argues, the men’s team earns more money.
That rationale took a beating this week, when the men’s team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, a shocking result that also hurts U.S. Soccer’s bottom line.