The furthest the men's team has advanced in the World Cup was the 2002 quarterfinals. The filing maintains that laws governing equal pay "explicitly applies to jobs that require equal skills, and not to employees that possess equal skills." Men's team players do not receive a salary from US Soccer, and they are paid only when they are called up to play for the men's team, according to the filing. According to the filing, money paid to unions is considered "pay" to an employee under the Equal Pay Act. It sounds as if it has been made by a caveman," Molly Levinson, a spokeswoman for the women's national team, told CNN Sports.

Source: CNN March 11, 2020 19:07 UTC