'I feel much lighter right now,' soccer great Brandi Chastain said of the U.S. Soccer Federation's move to pay men and women equally. Read AP's explainer on Wednesday's historic agreement:
But the fight goes back as far as 1995, when a group of high-profile players that included Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Kristine Lilly were locked out of a pre-Olympic training camp by the USSF because of a disagreement over bonus pay. The federation had offered a bonus only for the gold medal, the women wanted incremental pay for other medals. The men were given bonuses per win.
The men’s team has already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar this year. The women’s team will take part in the CONCACAF W Championship this summer in Monterrey, Mexico, which will determine four berths in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, cohosted by Australia and New Zealand. U.S. Soccer gets $10.5 million from FIFA for simply qualifying for the men’s World Cup in Qatar: a minimum of $9 million in prize money and $1.5 million for preparation. In contrast, U.S. Soccer received just $4 million for winning the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France plus $480,000 for preparation.
But the key difference is that no other federation has agreed to split FIFA prize money, considered one of the biggest obstacles to true equality.The move came shortly after star player Ada Hegerberg stepped away from the team because of inequitable treatment. The first female Ballon d’Or winner recently rejoined Norway.
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