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in Professional US Soccer In the United States, the professional opportunities, which are available for women to play soccer, are small compared to men. Not only that, but after having more success in competitive play, they do not earn an equal or higher pay than men as well. Soccer has been primarily a male dominated sport with more opportunities and funds allotted for development, earnings, and venues. Even though the US Women’s Soccer team has great success and support from the soccer community, they continue to struggle with equality in regards to their earnings, recognition, and the type and degree of punishment they receive when breaking rules or guidelines. Women’s soccer in the United States is at a very young age…

The Wage Gap: Sports Edition The U.S. women’s national soccer team has a radiant, ambitious history. Over three decades, it has traveled from non-existent to the top of the soccer world. Although, that doesn’t mean they are treated that way. There is still gender based bias against them, specifically involving a large wage gap. Recently, the team took a step toward equality. In 2015, members of the US womens team their names being Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, and Megan…

In 2015 the United States women national soccer team(USWNT) won their third World Cup title in 25 years. Unlike the men, the USWNT have brought America joy and happiness with their endless amounts of trophies and wins. But in early 2016 five players from the USWNT, Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC). The EEOC, “the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws against workplace…

for equality. In recent years, The U.S women's soccer team has fought long and hard for the respect and recognition from not only the public, but from the U.S Soccer organization. In May of 2016, the U.S women's soccer team filed a lawsuit against U.S Soccer fighting for equal pay. According to Business Insider, the average salary for women is just 37,800. On the other hand, the men’s soccer average salary is 316,777 dollars (Dellinger 2). This is despite the fact that the women's team have won…

Pay and Women’s Soccer: The Huge Difference Did you know that the US women’s soccer team has won four Olympic Gold medals and three World Cup championships in this decade and are consistently being paid less than the men, who have never won any major title? The fact is when it comes to soccer is that the US women national team are much better than their male counterparts and are still made to feel that they are less superior. How would you feel if you were the best at something at the highest…

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Conflict is a normal behavior, therefore in social organizations or groups it is inevitable, whether it pertains to race, religion, age, social status, or gender; the struggle for equality is consistent. In fact, a CBS report highlights a complaint of gender discrimination by the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. CBS correspondent O’Donnell (2016) reported that “Players on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team are fighting the U.S. Soccer Federation over wages and treatment they say are not…

times less than top men players. The minimum salary for a female basketball players in the WNBA is $38,913 and the maximum salary is $109,500. The minimum salary for a male player in the NBA is $525,093 and the maximum is $16.407 million. So, even if the female players are better players, they are still paid less than most male players because of their gender. In golf, the total prize money for the 2014 PGA tour was over $340 million, which is quite a bit compared to the new high for the 2015…

highly regarded review websites, Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple is one of the top soccer bars in Indianapolis. Yelp ranks Union Jack as the number two soccer bar in Indy, after only Chatham Tap on Mass Ave (Yelp.com). For reference, in 2014 Chatham Tap was rated the number one soccer bar in the U.S. (GQ). Moreover, Foursquare ranks Union Jack as the number one bar to watch soccer, ahead of Chatham (Foursquare.com). Clearly, Union Jack is the place to be in Broad Ripple and all of Indianapolis…

According to New World Encyclopedia over 240 million people play soccer in more than 200 countries. Soccer is considered the most popular sport in the world. More and more people are learning about the history of soccer, how to coach it, the players involved, and the types of plays in soccer. Soccer, which is called football in many countries, has been played for many years. Dating back to the second and third centuries in China was the first form of the game (“Soccer”). Soccer has been…