Men's National Soccer team and the U.S. Women's National soccer team. The fight to close this gap came to ahead this year, when the team threatened not to play since their agreement was up to expire. This meant that both U.S. Soccer federation and the Women’s team both had to take legal action to protect themselves. As a result of this some of the top players on the team began using a social media hashtag to reference this problem. #Equalpay4EqualPlay was something the began resonating with many professional athletes. By using this hashtag and making more people aware of it, it allowed the movement to gain momentum. Another reason this caught the eye of mainstream media is that the women's team was coming off a world cup win, and it came out that the men were paid more for a regular win, then the women were paid for a world cup win. The men also get paid if the same amount if they lose. Where the women are frequently paid much less when they lose a game. If you aren’t aware of the team's’ history you should know the women's team wins more than the men's team. Another thing that differs between mens and womens soccer is how the game is played. Frequently referees call women on more aggressive things while if the men do the same thing they are allowed to continue to play. This is present at high school level of soccer. The fight to close the gap of pay between men and women athletes is still being fought. The women's soccer team and the soccer federation are still in talks with only temporary solutions coming out ever so often. The women of the team believe that should be paid equally for the basic reasons of they win more, but also because they are being paid significantly less than men and they believe in 2016 this should no longer be an issue for them. That it is time the federation pay both genders
Men's National Soccer team and the U.S. Women's National soccer team. The fight to close this gap came to ahead this year, when the team threatened not to play since their agreement was up to expire. This meant that both U.S. Soccer federation and the Women’s team both had to take legal action to protect themselves. As a result of this some of the top players on the team began using a social media hashtag to reference this problem. #Equalpay4EqualPlay was something the began resonating with many professional athletes. By using this hashtag and making more people aware of it, it allowed the movement to gain momentum. Another reason this caught the eye of mainstream media is that the women's team was coming off a world cup win, and it came out that the men were paid more for a regular win, then the women were paid for a world cup win. The men also get paid if the same amount if they lose. Where the women are frequently paid much less when they lose a game. If you aren’t aware of the team's’ history you should know the women's team wins more than the men's team. Another thing that differs between mens and womens soccer is how the game is played. Frequently referees call women on more aggressive things while if the men do the same thing they are allowed to continue to play. This is present at high school level of soccer. The fight to close the gap of pay between men and women athletes is still being fought. The women's soccer team and the soccer federation are still in talks with only temporary solutions coming out ever so often. The women of the team believe that should be paid equally for the basic reasons of they win more, but also because they are being paid significantly less than men and they believe in 2016 this should no longer be an issue for them. That it is time the federation pay both genders