USWNT, USMNT Win Big With Equal Pay

The United States (U.S) women’s national team will make more from the U.S. men advancing out of the 2022 World Cup group stage than from winning both the 2015 and 2019 World Cups.

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The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) will earn at least $13 million total for the tournament, to be split with the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) 50/50, as Lindsay Gibbs outlines in Power Plays.

The USWNT won $6 million total for their 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles.

The teams’ new collective bargaining agreement stands in contrast with FIFA’s unequal payouts for men and women.

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While women’s World Cup winnings have doubled in recent cycles, the men’s increases — to a $440 million pot in 2022 — have continued to outpace them.

When negotiating the new CBA, U.S. Soccer maintained that it could not make up the disparity itself.

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The federation now pays both teams equally, and players agreed to pool all winnings earned in 2022 and 2023 and split them between the rosters.

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We knew the new CBA was a big deal in theory, but in practice it’s mind-boggling.

Both teams hope that the groundbreaking agreement will place pressure on FIFA to properly invest in the women’s World Cup in the future.

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I am a huge advocate of Women’s football after covering the Nigeria Women Football Leagues (NWFL) since 2019. An unbiased football writer with penchant for women’s in sports and historical analysis.

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