The United States Soccer Federation, Inc. (“USSF”) is the single, common employer of female and male professional soccer players who play on the United States Senior Women’s National Soccer Team (“WNT”) and the United States Senior Men’s National Soccer Team (“MNT”). Despite the fact that these female and male players are called upon to perform the same job responsibilities on their teams and participate in international competitions for their single common employer, the USSF, the female players have been consistently paid less money than their male counterparts. This is true even though their performance has been superior to that of the male players – with the female players, in contrast to male players, becoming world champions.

ײ... the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions... ײ ‏¹

During his 2017 campaign for president of the USSF, current President Carlos Cordeiro ... admitted, “Our women’s teams should be respected and valued as much as our men’s teams, but our female players have not been treated equally.”