by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Mexico’s antitrust commission fined the country’s top soccer clubs and its national federation almost $9 million this week for conspiring to keep the salaries of its female players artificially low. The Federal Economic Competition Commission said Thursday that 17...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team star Carli Lloyd has opened up on a “difficult” time after the 2015 Women’s World Cup triumph which thrust her name into the limelight. The 39-year-old scored a hat-trick in the final in Canada six years ago as the USWNT won the...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team won its bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last month, Vlatko Andonovski was ready to start working on the team’s next chapter right away. Within a week of returning to the United States, Andonovski texted every player...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The United States Women’s National Team Players Association called out the U.S. Soccer Federation’s offer for identical contracts for men’s and women’s players on Wednesday as a “PR stunt.” The USSF announced its proposal on Tuesday with the hopes of getting...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In a statement, the USSF said the offer was intended to align both senior national teams “under a single collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure.” At present, the unions for the men and women are separate, meaning there is no obligation for joint terms to be...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. Soccer Federation said it had offered identical contract proposals Tuesday to the players’ associations for the men’s and women’s national teams, and the governing body said it would refuse to agree to a deal in which World Cup prize money is not equalized....
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Former USWNT head coach Jill Ellis has joined FIFA as a lead adviser on the future of women’s soccer, tasked to examine changes to the international match calendar. Ellis joins the board as FIFA intensifies their campaign to turn the World Cup into a biennial event...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone on Friday sent an open letter asking the unions of the women’s and men’s national teams to agree to equalize FIFA’s World Cup prize money. She called for the men’s national team to allow the...
by admin | Sep 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
USWNT forward Christen Press has confirmed that she will be taking a break from her career for the next ‘couple of months’ in order to focus on her mental health. That decision will rule the two-time World Cup winner out of at least four upcoming international matches...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team forward Christen Press on Thursday announced plans to take time away from soccer, citing a desire to focus on her mental health, spiritual growth, and processing grief. Press, who starred at Chadwick School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula,...
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