The federation has been accused of weaponizing negotiations and operating as an unfair monopoly as the lawsuit regarding the matter continues
The United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA), the organization that represents the players that comprise the U.S. men's national team, has hit out at U.S. Soccer's "monopoly" while calling for bans to boycott sponsors in support of the U.S. women's national team's fight for equal pay.
The USWNT's players filed a lawsuit against U.S. Soccer last year calling for equal pay, with the suit alleging that U.S. Soccer "continues to practice gender-based discrimination against its champion female employees on the WNT in comparison to its less successful male employees on the MNT.