After the US women’s national team agreed to mediation with US Soccer over the equal pay dispute, there seemed to be some hope that the two parties could come to an agreement without having to enter a courtroom. At the New York parade celebrating the team’s World Cup win, both Carlos Cordeiro and Megan Rapinoe said conciliatory things on stage, with Rapinoe thanking him for his support during the tournament and telling the crowd, “I think he’s gonna make things right.”
Since then, the details coming to light about how USSF has approached the issue have painted a less chummy picture, with Politico reporting that the federation hired two D.