Your move, USA.
In May, The U.S. women's soccer team filed to appeal to a district court decision that dismissed their calls for equal pay. So far, there have not been many updates. However, there was some big news last week to close the gender pay gap in sports, just not in the United States. The Brazillian Football Federation announced that the women's soccer team would receive the same pay and prize money as their male counterparts.
Brazil's soccer federation announced it will pay its national men's and women's teams equally — one of the first countries to commit to equal pay. — AJ+ September 3, 2020 After the team's loss at the Women's World Cup in 2019, the conversation around women's soccer in Brazil rose to the global stage. Amanda Kestelman, a journalist with Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte, told CNN Sports,"I used to call them the force of nature because they made a lot with not so many resources. They got far with little, but they can't stay forever. We need to look for the future.
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