U.S. women’s national team forwards Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan discussed the $24 million settlement in a class action equal pay lawsuit against U.S. Soccer on Tuesday
against U.S. Soccer on Tuesday.
Rapinoe and Morgan, who were members of the gender discrimination lawsuit filed in 2019, both expressed pride in the monumental accomplishment during an appearance on. They also recognized USWNT players that began the fight for equal pay before them, noting that future generations now won’t have to face the same struggle.
“I’m just so proud to be honest. I’m so proud of all of the hard work that all of us did to get us here,” Rapinoe. ”It’s a really amazing day. I think we’re going to look back on this day and say this is the moment that, you know, U.S. Soccer changed for the better.” “Obviously we can’t go back and undo the injustices that we faced, but the only just justice coming out of this is that we know that something like this is never gonna happen again. We can move forward in making soccer the best sport we can in this country and set up the next generation so much better than we ever had it. ... We’re just very excited to have arrived here after a very long an arduous road.
Tuesday’s settlement ends a contentious battle that dates back nearly six years, and resolves the last of the outstanding issues from the 2019 lawsuit that accused sport’s governing body of gender discrimination. The lawsuit also accused U.S. Soccer of providing higher pay to the men’s national team.
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