Male footballers should earn more than women... according to US football authorities

11 March 2020 Women's Football

The US women's football team is less skilled and has fewer responsibilities than their male colleagues, according to US Soccer.

Lawyers for the football governing body in the US have submitted the claims in legal papers as part of a lawsuit over equal pay filed by 28 women's national team players - the court trial is expected to start on 5 May.

It stated that the job of a male footballer on the national team "requires a higher level of skill based on speed and strength" than their female counterparts.

'Plain sexism'

While the men's national team has never won a relevant international title, the women's side are four-time world champions and have won five Olympic gold medals.

American women footballers also outdid men in terms of revenue in the last few years: it has emerged that the women's team generated more money from ticket sales than the men's side between 2016 and 2018.

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