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USWNT & USMNT Reach Deal With US Soccer Federation For Equal Pay


Last week, it was announced that the union representing the U.S. Men’s National and U.S. Women’s National soccer teams had reached a deal with the U.S. Soccer Federation in which both the Men’s and Women’s teams will be paid equally, including for World Cup bonuses.

Readers might recall that there had been a prolonged and drawn out legal battle by the U.S. Women’s National soccer team against the U.S. Soccer Federation as these female players sought higher pay and more equal benefits compared to their male counterparts.  While that legal fight had finally reached its conclusion, last week’s victory in regard to the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement is nothing short of a win.

In part, the bonuses paid to teams in both the men’s and women’s World Cup will be put into a pool and split evenly among the Men’s and Women’s National teams.  (Of note, the total bonus pool for teams in the men’s 2022 Qatar World Cup is to be in the ballpark of $400 million.  Conversely, the total bonus pool for teams in the women’s 2023 Australia World Cup will be around $60 million.  While the total bonuses paid to the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National teams is not set at this time, with both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National teams now being split evenly, the Men’s National team is giving up a potentially significant portion of their bonus pool that had previously not been split with the Women’s National team.)

As well, both the Men’s and Women’s National teams will now have identical performance based bonuses.

These new collective bargaining agreements are set to go into effect on June 1st and will remain in place until 2028.


For additional information:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2022/05/18/us-soccer-cba-deal-explainer-womens-mens/9819845002/

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