MELBOURNE: The Australian women's national soccer team will earn the same match pay as their male counterparts and have an equal split of commercial revenues for the first time under a new deal, local media reported on Tuesday.
The national men's"Socceroos" team have historically been paid more than the women's"Matildas" and earned a greater share of commercial revenues.But players had agreed in principle with governing body Football Federation Australia to strike a deal to ensure pay parity, Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper said.
The players' union, Professional Footballers Australia, declined to comment on the detail of the deal but confirmed all parties were working toward the goal of gender parity in pay.Pay disparity between men's and women's professional footballers has been in the spotlight since the U.S. women's team sued governing body U.S. Soccer in March alleging gender discrimination in earnings and working conditions.
The U.S. women's team received US$4 million for winning the World Cup in France out of the tournament's total prize-money pool of US$30 million. In the 2018 men's tournament in Russia, winners France banked US$38 million from a pool of US$400 million.
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