U.S. Soccer reached a second, previously undisclosed, financial settlement with former USWNT head coach Jill Ellis, who had threatened litigation over being paid less than her men's team counterparts, sources told ESPN.
Following the U.S. Soccer Federation's settlement of an equal pay lawsuit with players from the U.S. women's national team in 2022, the organization reached a second, previously undisclosed, financial settlement with former USWNT head coach Jill Ellis, who had threatened litigation over being paid less than her men's national team counterparts, multiple sources familiar with the deal told ESPN.in February 2022 for $24 million. Three months later, the U.S.
Sources told ESPN that in spring 2022, the USSF board authorized its legal representatives to settle for upwards of $1 million. Another source told ESPN that the final settlement exceeded $1 million, though because of the confidential nature of the settlement, there is no explicit record of a payment to Ellis in the federation's IRS Form 990 for the 2023 fiscal year. Multiple sources indicated that the settlement amount was included in line items related to the USSF's legal expenses.
The disparity was even more pronounced at the beginning of Ellis' tenure. For the 2016 fiscal year that ran from April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016, -- a period that coincided with her first Women's World Cup triumph -- Ellis' total compensation was $327,332, which included a $90,000 bonus. One Federation source said that Hayes' compensation was what was required to pry her away from Chelsea of England's Women's Super League. But other sources, all of whom asked to remain anonymous because they weren't authorized to discuss Federation compensation matters publicly, said the Ellis settlement had an effect on the negotiations.
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