The American team will be awarded $4 million for its win, while the winners of the men’s World Cup last year received $38 million. In 2015, the United States Soccer Federation awarded the women’s team $2 million for winning the World Cup. In 2014, the men’s team earned $9 million even though it did not advance past the first rounds. Not surprisingly, the women’s national team is not taking that disparity lying down. Lianne Sanderson, her former National Women’s Soccer League teammate, said the celebration was “distasteful.”

Source: New York Times July 08, 2019 23:15 UTC