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Women's soccer stars take on U.S. Soccer in wage discrimination lawsuit

USWNT stars Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo have put their names on what could be a historical complaint against U.S. Soccer.

The stars of the World-Cup winning U.S. women's national team — arguably the most visible female athletes in 2015 this side of Serena Williams — cemented their pioneer status in a potentially historical complaint against U.S. Soccer.

Five women's soccer stars formally attached their names to a federal complaint filed Thursday, according to the New York Times. A complaint sent to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that charges U.S. Soccer with wage discrimination in the wake of U.