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Members of women's national team accuse US soccer federation of wage discrimination

The Dallas Morning News

The United States soccer team sings the national anthem before their game against Mexico on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The US women took on Mexico during the WomenÕs Olympic Qualifying Championship tournament. The US won 1-0. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)

Five stars from the World Cup-winning U.S. women's national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo maintain in the EEOC filing that they are paid nearly four times less than their male counterparts on the U.