USA Today reported Friday that members of China's Women's World Cup team will get bonuses of up to $250,000 if they defeat the U.S. in their quarterfinal match, which came as news to team captain Wu Haiyan.
"I didn't know about that," she said through a translator at a news conference Thursday. "But thank you [for] telling me."
According to the report, the bonuses will be paid by the Chinese soccer association, which is trying to rebuild its once-formidable women's program after China failed to qualify for both the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympics for the first time in the nation's history.