U.S. Soccer Federation

The U.S. Soccer Federation says it has offered the women’s national team equal pay to male counterparts for matches under USSF control but maintains the women want bonuses for tournaments such as the World Cup to match those of the men. The women disputed the USSF account, saying the federation proposed to match rates the men had under their...

Deposition excerpts in the lawsuit by American women’s soccer players against the U.S. Soccer Federation reveal lawyers for the governing body questioned the athletes about the distinction between their game and that of the men.

The U.S. men’s national team urged the U.S. Soccer Federation to sharply increase pay of the American women and accused the governing body of making low-ball offers in negotiations with the men

Players for the World Cup champion women’s national team say mediation talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation over equal pay are over. USWNT player Christen Press said Thursday that the negotiations were stalled over the “concept of paying us equally” and the two sides “never got past that.” Press told NBC New’s Savannah Gutherie in an interview on the TODAY...

Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, is now supporting its members’ fight for equal pay.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has formally denied allegations of gender discrimination made by players of the U.S. women’s national team. Twenty-eight members of the current women’s player pool filed the lawsuit March 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes unequal...

Sportswear maker Adidas says it will give the same bonus to any of its sponsored players on the Women’s World Cup-winning soccer team as their male counterparts. Adidas says on Twitter that it believes “in inspiring and enabling the next generation of female athletes, creators and leaders through breaking barriers.” On Friday — International Women’s Day — American players filed...

Bruce Arena is returning to coach the U.S. national soccer team, a decade after he was fired.

The U.S. Soccer Federation is recommending a ban on headers for players 10 and under, limits for players between 11 and 13 and having medical professionals rather than coaches make decisions on whether players suspected of concussions can remain in games.

Would the United States and Germany try to play to a tie Thursday that would guarantee World Cup advancement to both nations?