The Washington Post and other national media. “For each trophy — of which there are many — for each win, each tie, and for each time that we play, it’s less.”“I’ve helped, along with all of my teammates ...
win four World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals for the United States,” she noted. “And despite those wins, I’ve been devalued, I’ve been disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman.”Rapinoe was on the USWNT that won the World Cup in 2019.
The team has sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for pay equal to that of the men’s team as well as equal working conditions. A federal judge dismissed the pay portion of the lawsuit last year, and the team is appealing.