November 08, 2019
A California federal judge granted class certification Friday to players on the World Cup-champion U.S. Women's National Team who are suing the U.S. Soccer Federation for paying them less than male players, saying the players all allege the same discriminatory employment practices by the national soccer organization.
November 04, 2019
Players on the U.S. Women's National Team who are suing the U.S. Soccer Federation for paying them less than male players must reveal how much money they've made from sponsorship and marketing contracts inked by their union, A California federal judge has ruled.
October 29, 2019
The U.S. Soccer Federation and players on the U.S. Women's National Team are butting heads over a request for the players to turn over documents detailing their soccer-related income, according to a pair of filings Monday in California federal court.
October 09, 2019
Soccer players on the U.S. Women's National Team have told a California federal court that if they had been paid at the same rate as the U.S. Men's National Team, they could have each made $2.5 million more.
September 12, 2019
The U.S. Soccer Federation's policies are a "textbook example" of gender discrimination, the women's national soccer team told a California federal judge Wednesday, saying the squad's pay equity suit can be resolved "in one fell swoop" and urging him to grant class certification for past, present and future players.
August 19, 2019
The U.S. Soccer Federation and its world champion women's national team will duke it out over pay equity in a trial slated for May 2020, a spokesperson for the players said Monday.
August 15, 2019
A California federal judge said Thursday he can't force the U.S. Soccer Federation and the World Cup-champion Women's National Team to include former team goalie Hope Solo in their mediation talks over equal pay, telling her "they're having a party, and you're not invited."
August 14, 2019
Mediation talks between the U.S. Soccer Federation and World Cup-champion Women's National Team ended without a resolution Wednesday, dashing hopes that a settlement could be reached in the litigation fight over the gap in pay between the men's and women's soccer teams.
July 30, 2019
Amid ongoing litigation about the gap in pay between the men's and women's national soccer teams, the women's team claims the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation lied when he said that from 2010 to 2018 the women were paid more than the men.
July 29, 2019
The World Cup champion U.S. Women's National Team's players told a California federal judge that former goalkeeper Hope Solo has no right to take part in mediation over their pay discrimination claims against the U.S. Soccer Federation after she attempted to force her way into a seat at the mediation table last week.