Back to the Soccer Newsfeed

U.S. Soccer and Top Players Agree to Guarantee Equal Pay

Landmark labor agreements with members of the men’s and women’s national teams will include higher paychecks and shared World Cup prize money.

The United States women won a World Cup championship and an Olympic bronze medal during their six-year fight for equal pay.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

For the first time, soccer players representing the United States men’s and women’s national teams will receive the same pay and prize money, including at World Cups, under landmark agreements with the U.S. Soccer Federation that will end years of litigation and bitter public disputes over what constitutes “equal pay.