The U.S. women’s soccer team roundly outperforms the men’s team — the men failed to qualify for the last World Cup while the women won it — but the men make much more money:
Men have also largely been responsible for organizing women’s soccer, according to the Post. FIFA was formed in 1904 to oversee international soccer, and all 12 of its presidents have been men. In 2013, it finally elected the first woman to its executive committee.
U.S. soccer has lagged as well: It took 70 years for the U.S. Soccer Federation, the national governing body for the sport, to elect Marty Mankamyer, the first woman on its executive committee, in 1984, the Post reports. Despite the U.S. women’s greater success than the men on the soccer field, women remain significantly outnumbered in the organization.
The problem extends into coaching. Seven of the nine teams in the National Women’s Soccer League have male head coaches, while 22 of 28 assistant coaches are male. There are no female coaches in Major League Soccer. The U.S. women’s soccer team roundly outperforms the men’s team — the men failed to qualify for the last World Cup while the women won it — but the men make much more money. On March 8, International Women’s Day, the women took action, filing a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, calling for equal pay.
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