U.S. Women's Soccer Team Suing USSF Over Gender Discrimination

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The women's team believes they deserve to be paid like their male counterparts.

Just three months before the Women's World Cup of Soccer in France, the U.S. women's national soccer team is suing the United States Soccer Federation for "institutionalized gender discrimination," according to ESPN. The lawsuit was filed under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act with all 28 members of the team signing onto the suit. 

The class-action lawsuit essentially boils down to the fact that the women's team is not paid the same as the men's team, despite putting up better results on the field. In 2015, the women's team won the World Cup, while the men's team wasn't even able to qualify for the World Cup in 2018.

"Despite the fact that these female and male players are called upon to perform the same job responsibilities on their teams and participate in international competitions for their single common employer, the USSF, the female players have been consistently paid less money than their male counterparts," the lawsuit says. "This is true even though their performance has been superior to that of the male players -- with the female players, in contrast to male players, becoming world champions."

The 2019 women's world cup begins on June 7th with the United States opening up their title defense against Thailand.


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Alexander Cole is the current editor-in-chief of HotNewHipHop. He started at HotNewHipHop back in 2018 where he began as a Sports and Sneakers writer. It was here where he began to hone his craft, putting his journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to good use. Since that time, he has documented some of the biggest stories in the hip-hop world. From the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to the disturbing allegations against Diddy, Alex has helped HotNewHipHop navigate large-scale stories as they happen. In 2021, he went to the Bahamas for the Big 3's Championship Game. It was here where he got to interview legendary figures like Ice Cube, Clyde Drexler, and Stephen Jackson. He has also interviewed other superstar athletes such as Antonio Brown, Damian Lillard, and Paul Pierce. This is in addition to conversations with social media provocateurs like Jake Paul, and younger respected artists like Kaycyy, Lil Tecca, and Jeleel!
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