Women's National Team Reaches Deal With U.S. Soccer

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After more than a year of intense negotiations and litigation, U.S. Soccer and the association representing the Women’s National Team reached a deal for a new collective bargaining agreement.

The deal comes a year after the women’s team filed a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission demanding to be paid on equal footing with the U.S. men’s national team. The soccer federation has insisted that its support for the women’s team and the women’s game goes beyond pay for national team players, including an…