Julie Foudy Explains Equal Pay (At Last) in US Soccer

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The US Women’s National Team has fought for equal pay in soccer for more than 20 years. And it seems to be here at last. A new labor agreement with US Soccer levels pay across gender, and could be a template for equity on the global stage. Guest host Sarah Spain joins two-time World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist (and Laughter Permitted podcast host) Julie Foudy to explain how the deal happened, how it works, and how it’ll benefit the men’s and women’s teams. Plus, Sarah and Julie talk owner-to-owner (Red Stars and Angel City FC, respectively) about the current National Women’s Soccer League season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by Supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.9	It's not just any haircut.
0:08.8	It's supercuts.
0:11.1	How do you feel in this moment?
0:12.2	Are you excited or are you not so excited because it shouldn't have taken this long?
0:16.8	When I found out about it this morning, I was thrilled because it's been such a long
0:21.8	road.
0:22.8	I mean, fighting for something for 25, 30 years, you really start to think that it's not
0:26.7	ever going to happen.
0:30.4	And sure enough, here it is.
0:31.4	And it's true equal pay.
0:32.4	And you have a great time for this to happen right now.
0:35.6	That's Brianna Skurry, goalkeeper for the US Women's National Team World Cup winners in
0:40.4	99.
0:41.7	Reacting to the news of US Soccer's equal pay agreement signed in May.
0:46.8	The fight for equality has gone on a long time.
0:50.5	In soccer, a dispute over low pay in 96, saw 9 US Women's National Team players boycott
0:56.3	training before the Atlanta Olympics.
0:59.3	All 20 players of the legendary 99ers team staged a boycott as well when their game-changing
1:05.2	World Cup win barely moved the needle on pay and bonus money.
1:09.2	And the fight really ramped up in 2016 when the US Women's National Team filed a wage
1:14.7	discrimination complaint against its governing body, US Soccer.
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