In the midst of a lawsuit and mounting public pressure for equal pay between the men's and women's national teams, U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro released an open letter to "friends, colleagues and supporters of U.S. Soccer."
As Graham Hays of ESPN.com detailed, the letter argues that the federation paid the women's team $34.1 million from 2010 to 2018 compared to $26.4 million for the men's team.
U.S. Soccer said the figures were verified by an independent accounting firm and included salaries, bonuses and the National Women's Soccer League salaries paid by the federation.