 CLOSING THE GAP Thursday, February 24, 2022 
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On Tuesday, the U.S. women's national soccer team reached a historic settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their long-running lawsuit over unequal pay with the men's national team.
The agreement includes a $24 million payment to USWNT players and a promise from the federation that the women's and men's teams will be paid at an equal rate going forward in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup.
In 2016, five U.S. women's soccer stars – Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn – filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Then in 2019, 28 members of the USWNT filed a lawsuit against the USSF alleging gender discrimination and unequal pay.
The settlement is contingent on the ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement for the USWNT and U.S. Soccer, which could take months as the federation is seeking a single contract proposal that covers both the men's and women's national teams.
According to The New York Times, this means that the players' union for the men's team will have to agree to share "millions of dollars in potential World Cup payments" from FIFA.
During the 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup in Russia, 32 teams competed for $400 million in prize money and as the champions, France was awarded $38 million by FIFA. The U.S. men's team, however, failed to qualify for the tournament.
As for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, 24 teams competed for $30 million and the U.S. took home $4 million after winning its second straight title.
The settlement is much smaller than the $67 million the women had requested, the Times reports, but in an interview Tuesday with NBC's "TODAY," Rapinoe said she hopes it will bring all women's sports one step closer to achieving equal pay.
"I think we are really in the midst of an incredible turning point in women's sports," she said. "I think we're all going to look back on this moment with incredible pride … if you're not paying attention to this right now and what's happening in women's sports, you're sleeping on the whole thing."
Will the USWNT's settlement be a turning point for equal pay in sports? Share your thoughts with us at askmakeit@cnbc.com
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