the women's soccer team won the world cup in 2015.
the women's soccer team won the world cup in 2015.
when did the women's soccer team win the world cup?
2015
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
mariel margaret hamm-garciaparra (born march 17, 1972) is an american retired professional soccer player, two-time olympic gold medalist, and two-time fifa women's world cup champion. hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the united states women's national soccer team from 1987–2004. hamm was the face of the women's united soccer association (wusa), the first professional women's soccer league in the united states, where she played for the washington freedom from 2001–2003. she played college soccer for the north carolina tar heels women's soccer team and helped the team win four consecutive ncaa division i women's soccer championship titles.
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