As the U.S. women’s national team continue their campaign to win their fifth Women’s World Cup, there’s one aspect of this tournament that feels different from all the previous ones: The USWNT aren’t fighting with their bosses for better pay.
During and after winning in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019, the USWNT were embroiled in protests and boardroom arguments about being paid comparable compensation to their male counterparts. The issue came to a head at the previous World Cup in France when the USWNT lifted the trophy and fans at Stade de Lyon chanted, “Equal pay! Equal pay!”
But this time around, it’s a fight that USWNT aren’t involved in. Instead, we see it within teams Canada, England, Jamaica, Nigeria and South Africa, where players are fighting with their federations over a lack of equal pay and equal support compared with their male counterparts.
So why aren’t the USWNT talking and campaigning for equal pay this time around? And how much money will they earn during this World Cup? Read on.
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Who decides how much money the USWNT can get for winning the World Cup?
There are two different governing bodies that oversee the USWNT: the U.S. Soccer Federation, which is essentially the USWNT’s employer, and then FIFA, the world…
