Perspective: The U.S. women’s soccer team is better than the men. That’ll help its case.
U.S. soccer player Tobin Heath is congratulated on her goal by teammates Mallory Pugh, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan during a match against Brazil. By Alicia Jessop Alicia Jessop is an assistant professor of law at Pepperdine University, a sports attorney and a writer who focuses on the intersection of sports, business and the law. March 12 at 2:22 PM The biggest battle for members of the U.S.
[The U.S. women's soccer team is the world's best. But it used to be that men couldn't buy their jerseys.] But that decision could help the women’s soccer players. Because compared with Stanley’s case, the roles and status between the genders in this case are flipped. In recent years, the U.S. women’s team has outperformed the men’s national team by consistently being ranked No. 1 worldwide and winning the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and gold medals in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. While the women’s team enters this year’s Women’s World Cup as favorites, the U.S.
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