In March 2016, a handful of notable members of the women’s national team filed a complaint against United States Soccer protesting the pay disparity between the men’s and women’s national teams.
Despite the different pay structures organized by the players association of each team and each collective bargaining agreement, the discrepancy was evident in a number of financial notes and statistics.
After more than a year of conflict, U.S. Soccer and the U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association signed their collective bargaining agreement on April 5, according to the official U.