Megan Rapinoe

Sign the petition telling the United States Soccer Federation to pay players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer team equal to the men!

Dear MoveOn member,

THEY DID IT!!!! The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) just won their FOURTH World Cup title!! These incredible, hardworking, and talented athletes are an incredible force and inspiration to us all.

But despite their success, women soccer players are still paid significantly less than men—even though the U.S. men's team has never made the same advances, or had the same success, as the women's team. The U.S. men's team didn't even qualify for the last World Cup tournament.

These women are high-performing athletes, and they should be compensated fairly. Sign the petition demanding equal pay for the members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.

Paying women less than men for doing the same job is wrong. In this case, the women's team is outperforming the men's team. Demand that the United States Soccer Federation pay players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team the same amount as the men.

"It certainly is not fair."¹ Those five simple words from co-captain Megan Rapinoe sum up the problem, and we know the solution is equal pay for these inspiring athletes.

The women's contract says they stand to make a grand total of $200,000 each for winning the World Cup, while men in a similar position would have made over $1 million each.² We demand equal pay.

In addition to bringing home championships, the U.S. women's team is also bringing in lots of revenue. The U.S. Women's National Team jersey is the best-selling Nike soccer jersey EVER. And the women's team has brought in more revenue than the men's team for the past three years.³

Women soccer players are suing the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) for equal pay, but court battles take a long time and a lot of money. USSF could fix this right now, without the courts, by paying all of the players' salaries and bonuses equally, regardless of gender. That would show little girls everywhere that they deserve the same opportunities boys do.

Will you sign this petition telling U.S. Soccer to pay women fairly?

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet

Sources:

1. "US World Cup win proves female players deserve equal pay, team says," CNN, July 7, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/67585?t=10&akid=238605%2E10220574%2EGJU1px

2. "Today is the Women's World Cup final between the US and Netherlands—here's how much money is on the line," CNBC,  July 7, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/67586?t=12&akid=238605%2E10220574%2EGJU1px

3. Ibid.

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