The U.S. women’s national soccer team has settled its lawsuit with the U.S. Soccer Federation.
The team’s governing body is expected to pay out $22 million to the team’s players as a result of the gender discrimination suit. Those funds will be distributed by the players and approved by the District Court. The USSF will also put an additional $2 million into an account to be used by the players in their post-career work and charitable endeavors in women’s and girl’s soccer, which each player can apply for up to $50,000.
That $24 million total will be accessible once the women’s national team agrees upon a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USSF. The $22 million is about one-third of what the team had sought in damages, per the Associated Press.
