There are many reasons to expect U.S. Soccer and members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team to reach a settlement in the players’ class action lawsuit over alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
U.S. Soccer is under new leadership with president Cindy Parlow Cone and CEO Will Wilson. Both have publicly expressed a desire to settle. U.S. Soccer has also softened its legal arguments by removing controversial (many would regard as sexist) assertions about women soccer players and changing its legal team.