The United States Soccer Federation announced that, as part of a new collective bargaining agreement, it has offered the same proposals to the players’ unions of both the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. men’s side.
This move forms part of the USSF’s ambition to align both the women’s and men’s national teams under a single “a single collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure.”
According to the USSF’s statement, the body will work towards equalizing FIFA World Cup prize money for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. Furthermore, the statement read: “This proposal will ensure that USWNT and USMNT players remain among the highest-paid senior national team players in the world.”
Because of the unequal prize money for world cup tournaments, 28 members of the USWNT are currently engaged in a lawsuit on the grounds of gender discrimination over violations of the Equal Pay Act.
FIFA has proposed awarding $440 million in prize money to teams that take part in the men’s 2022 World Cup; $40 million more than the previous edition of the tournament.
