U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro stated on Monday that women had been paid more than men over the last nine years.
Representatives for the U.S. Women's National Team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of using false numbers to support a claim that female players were paid as much as their male counterparts.
However, Molly Levinson, a spokesperson for the players dismissed the claims as an attempt to put the lid on the wave of support USWNT has received in its bid for equal pay. "The numbers the USSF uses are utterly false, which, among other things, inappropriately include the NWSL salaries of the players to inflate the women's players' compensation. Any apples-to-apples comparison shows that the men earn far more than the women."
Cordeiro insisted the federation cannot be held responsible for that disparity, as it is due to the difference in FIFA prize money. For example, France received $38 million for winning the World Cup in Russia last year, an amount bigger than the prize pool that was divided among the 24 teams who took part in the women's World Cup last month.
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