The USA men's team extended their stay in Qatar on Tuesday night with a nervy 1-0 victory over Iran in their Group B finale - and it also fired the first clause of its kind into full effect and handed the USWNT an estimated sum of $6.5m (£5.4m).
In May this year, the U.S. Soccer Federation reached landmark labour agreements with its men’s and women’s teams that guaranteed footballers presenting the country’s national teams would receive the same pay when competing in matches or tournaments on the international stage.
The landmark deal also included a novel and arguably more lucrative provision that unequal prize money payments received by U.S. Soccer would be pooled together and split evenly between the squads.
