US Soccer Women Ask Court to Move Forward With Pay Bias Pact

The US women’s soccer team and the sport’s governing body asked a federal judge to begin the process of approving their $24 million pay discrimination settlement.

The development comes after the players’ union and the US Soccer Federation Inc. reached a new collective bargaining pact that will equalize the women’s future pay with that received by the US men’s team. In a joint motion, the players and federation asked the US District Court for the Central District of California to indicate to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that it will preliminarily approve the settlement, or at ...