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EQUAL PLAY, EQUAL PAY?
"We continue to be told we should be grateful just to have the opportunity to play professional soccer, and to get paid for doing it," the goalie said. "In this day and age, it's about equality. It's about equal rights, it's about equal pay."
-Hope Solo

How did this all Begin?

Five star players from the U.S. women's national soccer team have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying that the U.S. Soccer Federation pays the reigning World Cup champions far less than their male counterparts.

 
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LET'S CRUNCH THE NUMBERS

Check out our financial breakdown between Men's and Women's Professional Soccer


Matt Lauer sits down with the U.S.W.N.T to discuss the issue live on the Today Show on March 31st

U.S. Women's Soccer Doesn't Deserve Equal Pay - They Deserve More

"On the field, and within soccer, the United States' women's national team are not equals with their male counterparts. They are superior. While the men  languish at No. 30 in the latest FIFA rankings  and  enter their third year without winning a major trophy,  the USWNT are the most dominant international sports team the United States has to offer."

Stop Moaning About Women's Soccer Pay

"The demand for watching women's sports even at the highest level just isn't as big as the demand for watching men's sports, and as a consequence the pay isn't very high," Dennis Coates, an economics professor with a focus in sports at the University of Maryland, told The Daily Beast."





Dave Baker's Take on the Issue


As you know, there is ALWAYS a Pittsburgh Connection
Meghan Klingenberg, defender for the USNWT, is a native of Gibsonia and a Pine Richland Graduate