Last week, all 28 players on the U.S. women’s national soccer team — the greatest women’s soccer team in the world — filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation, another move in its long-running battle for equality. “We’ve always, dating back to forever, been a team that stood up for itself and fought hard for what it felt it deserved and tried to leave the game in a better place,” Rapinoe told The New York Times on Friday. The women’s team holds a record three World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals . [READ MORE: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination]The issue of pay inequality in sports is of course not just soccer’s problem. Women across all sports are paid less, and many have fought for equity in salary and in prize money.

Source: New York Times March 11, 2019 18:33 UTC