The 28 members of the U.S. women's national team who filed a pay discrimination suit against soccer's governing body in March have tentatively agreed to mediation after the World Cup ends, a spokesman for the U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed Friday.
The suit, filed in federal court on March 8, seeks equitable pay and treatment, in addition to damages including back pay for the team, which has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals. Among the players involved in the suit are stars Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd.
The women's national team is in France playing in the 2019 World Cup, where it is favored to repeat as champion.