Despite generating $20 million more in revenue for the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) than the men’s team in 2015, the members of the women’s team were paid 38 to 72 percent less. Ms. Solo, the outspoken goalkeeper, put the claim in different, yet no less categorical terms. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to show up than we get paid to win major championships.”
Schuyler Velasco, ‘Women’s soccer team sues’, Christian Science Monitor (via indizombie)