U.S. Women’s Soccer Scores First Goal In Their Pay Equity Battle

This article was published by Cheryl Pinarchick on November 11, 2019 in the “Pay Equity Matters: Mind the Gap” blog on fisherphillips.com.

A California federal judge on November 11th granted the U.S. Women’s National Team an early victory in their pay equity battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation (the Federation), granting class certification to a group of players who want to collectively assert their gender-related legal claims. While Judge Gary Klausner’s order is just the first of several hurdles the women’s team will have to overcome in order to successfully challenge the pay structure that they allege favors the men’s team, it is an important milestone in any class action.