The United States men’s and women’s soccer teams have had an excellent summer. The women won their fourth World Cup and continued their dominance on the international stage, while the men regained much needed respect with a 2nd place finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. These on-field accomplishments will be taken in over time, but it was also an important summer for agendas off the field. Most notably present throughout the World Cup was the discussion of how the men and women are paid.
After the women bask in the moment they inspired, they will enter into mediation with US Soccer to address the lawsuit related to equal pay between the men and women.