The U.S. women's national team will celebrate their World Cup win before getting back to business, which includes the players’ gender-discrimination lawsuit.
, the outspoken leader of the U.S. team, believes the World Cup win can only help the players’ argument that they should receive pay and working conditions more in line with what the men’s national team gets.
The Americans’ very public fight with their federation has galvanized a global movement for more funding and support for women’s soccer, the fruits of which were clear in France. In much of Europe, women were banned from playing soccer for much of the 20century. Now domestic leagues are thriving across the continent, a big reason why seven of the eight World Cup quarterfinalists were from Europe.
Last week Infantino announced a number of proposals to grow the women’s game, including an expansion of the World Cup field from 24 to 32 and a doubling of the tournament’s $30-million prize money purse. But even if those policies were enacted, the gap between the men’s and women’s World Cup would still widen since the men’s tournament will grow to 48 teams in 2026 while the prize money purse will jump $40 million, to $440 million, in 2022.
And finally there is the National Women’s Soccer League, the 7-year-old domestic league which is still struggling financially. All 23 players on the World Cup roster came off NWSL teams but the league’s average attendance is less than 5,500 a game this season.
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