Prospective US presidential candidate Joe Biden has implored the US Soccer Federation to resolve the pay dispute with its women's team or risk losing World Cup funding.
On Friday, a judge threw out an unequal pay claim in a lawsuit against US Soccer that had been brought out by a group of 28 USA players, who were led by two-time Women's World Cup winner Alex Morgan.
While federal judge R. Gary Klausner allowed the players' case against unfair treatment in travel, housing and medical support to go to trial next month, the damages sought under the Equal Pay Act were dismissed.