The players of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team may have to take their equal pay case to trial after negotiations between the team and U.S. Soccer broke down this week.
“From a social perspective, from leaving the game in a better place, for women everywhere, if it’s not equal, then there’s no deal that we can get to,” Megan Rapinoe, the top player from 2019 Women’s World Cup, said on NBC’s Today show Thursday. “This isn’t bargaining. You either value us equally and show that, or you don’t.”
Earlier this year, 28 members of the World Cup-winning USWNT—including stars Alex Morgan and Rapinoe—filed a lawsuit against U.S. Soccer, claiming they had not received compensation or treatment t…