United States men's and women's teams strike equal pay deal, says US Soccer

US soccer men's and women's national team players will receive equal pay and prize money, including at World Cups, after they came together to agree on landmark collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with the US Soccer Federation on Wednesday. US Soccer becomes the first federation in the world to equalize FIFA World Cup prize money awarded to both women's and men's teams for participation in their respective World Cups. The CBAs, the first of their kind, will run through 2028, covering the next two World Cups and Olympic cycles. They will also keep the players among the highest-paid national team players in the world, US Soccer said.

"This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world," said US Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone. Under the new agreement, the men's and women's national teams will have identical performance-based bonuses for all games and competitions. The women's team, known as the USWNT, will no longer receive guaranteed salaries and have the same pay-to-play payments as their male counterparts, called the USMNT.

In another first for US Soccer and the players' unions, US Soccer will share a portion of its broadcast, partner and sponsorship revenue with a 50-50 split of that share divided equally between USWNT and USMNT. US Soccer said the new revenue-sharing framework will "provide additional encouragement for all parties to work together to grow the game". The agreements also improve player health and safety, data privacy and the need to balance responsibilities to both club and country, the federation said.

"The accomplishments in this CBA are a testament to the incredible efforts of