U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer For Gender Discrimination
The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women's team less than the men's. "We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," says player Alex Morgan.
Updated at 2:22 p.m. ET
The U.S. women's soccer team has filed a lawsuit against U.S. soccer, accusing it of gender discrimination.
The complaint, filed Friday in California district court, argues that U.S. Soccer "has a policy and practice of discriminating" against members of the women's national team on the basis of gender, by paying them less than similarly situated members of the men's team.
Twenty-eight members of the women's team are named as plaintiffs, including many
