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The United States Soccer Federation, the United States Women’s National Team Players Association, and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association have agreed to terms on two separate historic collective bargaining agreements. The three organizations announced the landmark contracts, which will run through 2028, on Wednesday.
The new contracts come just two months after the USWNTPA and USSF announced an agreement to resolve outstanding equal pay claims in litigation after a six year legal battle between the two sides. Terms of that settlement included $22 million to the named USWNT players in the case, and USSF agreed to establish a players fund with $2 million to benefit players during their post-soccer careers and invest in charitable efforts aimed at growing the sport for women.
U.S Soccer also committed to providing an equal rate of pay for both the women’s and men’s national teams that would include World Cup bonuses, but all that was contingent on the two players unions ratifying new collective bargaining agreements.
“This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world,” said U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone. “U.S. Soccer and the USWNT and USMNT players have reset their relationship with these new agreements and are leading us forward to an incredibly exciting new phase of mutual growth and collaboration as we continue our mission to become the preeminent sport in the United States.”
The two unions have now reached a historic milestone that will achieve equal pay through identical economic terms. The terms include equal pay for all competitions — including the FIFA World Cup — and the introduction of the same commercial revenue sharing mechanism for both teams. The U.S. Soccer becomes the first federation in the world to equalize FIFA World…
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