The U.S. Soccer Federation on Wednesday continued its defense against the equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. women’s national team, arguing in an appeals court brief that it had, in fact, paid the women’s team more than the men.
A district court judge who ruled against the women’s team in 2020 decided correctly that the women did not have an equal pay claim under the law, U.S. Soccer said in its brief, because the women negotiated a different contract structure than the men. Players for the women’s team ultimately took home more money by several measures, negating their claim, U.S. Soccer argued.
