Carlos Cordeiro said he has met with the team’s veteran players, who allege that the governing body pays them less than their male counterparts and subjects them to more dangerous playing conditions.
Tobin Heath, second from right, with U.S. national teammates Mallory Pugh , Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan . By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow March 15 at 6:53 PM The president of the U.S. Soccer Federation said Friday that he was “surprised” by the gender discrimination lawsuit filed last week by the U.S. women’s national team and that he has met with the team’s veteran players to attempt to resolve the issue.
The players’ suit, filed March 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges U.S. Soccer “utterly failed to promote gender equality” and that federation officials have “gone so far as to claim that ‘market realities are such that the women do not deserve to be paid equally to the men.
“In addition, U.S. Soccer believes that all female athletes deserve fair and equitable pay,” he said. “We are disappointed that USSF is not being truthful about multiple attempts by the players and their representatives to discuss and address discrimination and unequal pay and treatment following the 2017 CBA," team representative Molly Levinson said on behalf of the players in a statement provided to The Washington Post. “Even as we train to represent the U.S.
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