For several years, the American women's national team, which is top-ranked and has won the World Cup four times, has required the same financial conditions as the men's team.
They even chose to take the league to court and when they settled their lawsuit in February, the players had to share a quarter of a billion and were promised the same World Cup bonus as the men.
- It all means that we in our generation can hand over the sport in a clearly better position than when we got into it, said attacking star Megan Rapinoe then.
Becomes first in the world
A new historic collective agreement has now been agreed, which will ensure equal pay for national teams.
Among other things, prize money from the World Cup will be divided equally between the women's and men's players, which the USA will be the first football association in the world to do.
Both national teams will also have exactly the same performance-based bonuses for all matches and tournaments.
In addition, the law will share equally in money that the union receives commercially and during various events.
- To finally be able to say that you get the same salary for the same work feels very good, says Becky Sauerbrunn, according to NBC.
The agreement extends until 2028.