U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Wins Class Status in Pay Bias Suit (2)

The female athletes who make up the U.S. Senior Women’s National Soccer Team can pursue their claims that they were unlawfully underpaid compared with the men’s team as a class, the Central District of California said Nov. 8.

The class comprises the 25 players on the team. The lawsuit has been led by team co-captains Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, and Megan Rapinoe.

“We are so pleased that the Court has recognized USSF’s ongoing discrimination against women players—rejecting USSF’s tired arguments that women must work twice as hard and accept lesser working conditions to get paid the same as men,” said ...