the us women's soccer team won the world cup three times.
the us women's soccer team won the world cup three times.
how many times did the us women's soccer team win the world cup?
three
the australia national soccer team have appeared at the fifa world cup in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. at the 2006 fifa world cup, the socceroos surprised many by reaching the round of 16, losing 1–0 in injury time to the eventual champions, italy. they also hold the unusual distinction of having won continental soccer championships of two confederations – oceania's ofc nations cup four times between 1980 and 2004 and, after moving to the asian football confederation in 2005, the afc asian cup in 2015. the australia women's national soccer team, the matildas, have appeared in all fifa women's world cups except the first in 1991. they have advanced past the group stage in each of the last three editions of the competition (2007, 2011 and 2015), losing in the quarter-finals each time. in 2015, they became the first senior australian national team of either sex to win a world cup knockout stage match, specifically in the round of 16, newly instituted for the women's world cup in that year. the matildas have also enjoyed success at the afc women's asian cup, advancing at least to the semi-finals in all four competitions since joining the afc in 2006 and winning in 2010.
sport in australia
soccer in the united states and across the globe has high pay disparity between males and females. based on data from 2015 from the world cup provided by the us soccer federation, male athletes on the roster made $76,000 whereas women made $15,000. if the men were to win the world cup they would receive $9.3 million as compared to the women who would win $1.8 million. this means the men earn roughly 5.5 times more than the women do. in 2015 the us women's soccer team won the world cup and broke the record for largest television audience for a soccer game but earned $2 million less than the us male team that finished 11th. in terms of dollar breakdown this means that a woman earns a $1 for $17.50 dollars a man earns in the world cup. in the united states both the men and women national team are required to play 20 exhibition matches with other countries across the world. if the men win all 20 games they make $263,000 while the women make $93,000. on average every year the us women's soccer team is paid only 40% of their male counterparts. this pay gap in women and male soccer is not just in the united states but also in europe. premier league players, an elite league in the uk, would earn $772 per minute if they were to play every minute of the regular season. the same calculation would leave the women's premier team, the fa's women super league, with $16.7 per minute.
misogyny in sports