March 2016: Members of U.S. Women's National Soccer Team File Suit
Updated August 5, 2020 |
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Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of March 2016.
- Members of U.S. Women's National Soccer Team File Suit
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- World Cup-winning national team women's soccer players Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They maintain in the EEOC filing they were paid nearly four times less than their male counterparts on the U.S. men's national team. The filing was announced in a press release on Thursday, March 31, 2016.
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