WASHINGTON ― As the U.S. women’s national soccer team heads to the FIFA Women’s World Cup final on Sunday, with a shot at winning the entire tournament for the fourth time, dozens of members of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Soccer Federation on why it is still paying female players so much less than male players.
The pay disparities remain as U.S. women’s soccer games have been generating more total revenue than U.S. men’s games for the last three years. They’re getting more eyeballs too: The 2015 Women’s World Cup final had more views than any soccer match in U.S. history, men’s or women’s. Story continuesCastor is a co-chair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus and has previously urged U.S. Soccer to press FIFA for more investments in girls’ and women’s soccer globally.
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