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May 5, 2020

Successful women’s soccer team can’t claim it earned less

The U.S. women's national soccer team was a victim of its own success when a federal judge dismissed the team's equal pay claim, attorneys say, since the judge's conclusion that the women's team actually earned more than the men's team was based on a well-known fact: The women's team won more games.

The U.S. women's national soccer team was a victim of its own success when a federal judge dismissed the team's equal pay claim, attorneys say, since the judge's conclusion that the women's team actually earned more than the men's team was based on a well-known fact: The women's team won more games.

U.S. district Judge R. Gary Klausner on Friday granted the U.S. Soccer Federation's motion to dismiss an Equal Pay Act claim by the wom...

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