Top women's soccer players sue U.S. Soccer for gender discrimination
The US women's national team filed a discrimination lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation (USSF) on Friday, just three months before defending the Women's World Cup title. All 28 members of the US women's squad were parties to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles seeking equal pay and working conditions to their less-successful male counterparts.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 07:09 | 08 March 2019
- Modified Date: 07:53 | 08 March 2019
More than two dozen top women's soccer players sued the U.S. national soccer federation on Friday, claiming the organization pays them less than male players and denies them equal training, travel and playing conditions.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on International Women's Day, came three years after several players filed a similar complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The players, a group that includes the likes of Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, say they have been consistently paid less money than their male counterparts even though their performance has been superior to the men's team.
U.S. Soccer did not immediately respond when asked to comment on the lawsuit, which comes three months before the women's team opens its World Cup title defense in France.