US Soccer Fed., women’s players at odds over equal pay
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By Ronald Blum
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.
Soccer Federation says it has
offered the women’s national
team equal pay to male counterparts
for matches under
USSF control but maintains the
women want bonuses for tournaments
such as the World Cup
to match those of the men.
“Since extending this offer,
we have made multiple attempts
to meet with the WNT to discuss
these new options,” USSF
President Carlos Corderio wrote
Saturday night in a letter to federation
friends and supporters.
“So far, they have repeatedly
declined our invitation to meet
on the premise that our proposal
does not include U.S. Soccer
agreeing to make up the difference
in future prize money
awarded by FIFA for the Men’s
and Women’s World Cups.”
Players on the U.S. women’s
national team are seeking more
than $66 million in damages as
part of their gender discrimination
lawsuit against the USSF,
which is scheduled for a trial
starting May 5 at U.S. District
Court in Los Angeles.
“The USSF letter is riddled
with falsehoods and issued
on the eve of the SheBelieves
game, which demonstrates that
it is more important to USSF
to diminish the women’s team
than it is to support them on
the field,” players spokeswoman
Molly Levinson said in a statement.
“USSF did not and has
never offered equal pay to the
women players.”
FIFA awarded $400 million
in prize money for the 2018
men’s World Cup, including $38
million to champion France,
and $30 million for last year’s
Women’s World Cup, including
$4 million to the U.S. after the
Americans won their second
straight title. FIFA has increased
the total to $440 million for
the 2022 men’s World Cup and
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
has proposed FIFA double
the women’s prize money to
$60 million for 2023.
FIFA pays bonuses to national
federations, which each
makes its own deal with its
players.
Cordeiro said the USSF also
had responsibility to invest in
youth national teams and other
programs, such as player, coach
and referee development.
“There is indeed a significant
difference in World Cup prize
money awarded by FIFA to the
men’s and women’s championship
teams,” Cordeiro wrote.
“However, it is not reasonable
or fiscally sound for U.S. Soccer
to make up the gap. It would
seriously impair our ability to
support our mission and invest
in these other critical developmental
areas.”
The women have a labor contract
covering 2017-21. The deal
for the men expired at the end
of 2018.
The USSF repeatedly has
pointed out women’s national
team players have benefits the
men do not, including guaranteed
annual salaries, medical
and dental insurance, childcare
assistance, and pregnancy
and parental leave.
FILE - In this July 7, 2019, fi le photo, the United States team celebrates after winning the
Women’s World Cup fi nal soccer match against the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in
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