USWNT brings in EEOC over gender-based pay discrimination

The United States women's team has sued US Soccer over wage discrimination.

Five members of the USWNT filed a federal complaint today with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing US Soccer of wage discrimination.

Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo, and Becky Sauerbrunn signed the complaint on behalf of the entire women's national team. They are being represented by Jeffrey Kessler, who has also represented NASL in an anti-trust suit against USSF and MLS.

The EEOC investigation could last beyond the end of the Rio Olympics, but statements made by the players indicate they would be willing to take labor action now in the form of a strike. In a media call this…