The U.S. Soccer Federation has engaged the services of two lobbying firms to counter claims by players from the U.S. women's national team that they are paid less than half of what their male counterparts make, a USSF spokesperson confirmed to ESPN FC.
Politico was the first to report the news of the lobbying firms being hired.
Twenty-eight players from the U.S. women's national team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the USSF last March, alleging inferior wages, working conditions and investment in their game despite the players doing essentially the same job as the U.