US women’s and men’s teams agree historic deal to share World Cup prize money
by Tom Lutz in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZC9Y)
- Fifa has unequal prize pool for men's and women's tournaments
- Agreement is latest victory for USWNT's battle for equality
The US men's and women's soccer teams will share prize money from their respective World Cups equally in a historic agreement announced on Wednesday.
US Soccer and the unions for the two teams reached the deal during negotiations for their new collective bargaining agreements, which have now been ratified.
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