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U.S. women's soccer players say they deserve equal pay to USMNT, and may have a case
Members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team are mounting a campaign on the field and under the law to secure pay equivalent to their male counterparts. And since the men's and women's players work for the same parent organization, the women may have a case, a local economics professor and former litigator said - and may make it harder for other female athletes to follow. -
U.S. Soccer can't use national team players' likenesses for ads without players' association OK, judge says
The United States Soccer Federation must seek approval from its players’ union before allowing sponsors to use players’ likenesses in advertisements, after a federal judge upheld the decision of an arbitrator. U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall ruled Sept. 29 in Chicago to grant the United States National Soccer Team Players Association’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit the Chicago-based U.S. Soccer Federation brought against the players association. -
U.S. Soccer Federation sues players association over arbitration award requiring advanced approval of promotional ads
The United States’ national soccer organization has entered a legal shootout with its players' association over when it has the right to use images and likenesses of players.