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USWNT get $529K gift from Secret deodorant

NEW YORK -- Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women's National Team, is now supporting its members' fight for equal pay.

The company, which supports U.S. Soccer through its Secret deodorant brand, says it will donate $529,000 -- $23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U.S. team that won the World Cup earlier this month -- to help close the pay gap. The sponsor took out a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday urging the U.S. Soccer Federation to "be on the right side of history."

"Let's take this moment of celebration to propel women's sports forward," Secret says in the ad.