US men's and women's teams strike equal pay deal with governing body

:U.S 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 U.S Soccer Federation on Wednesday.

For official competitions, including the World Cup, the women's (USWNT) and men's (USMNT) national team players will earn identical game appearance fees.

For official competitions other than the World Cup, players of both genders will earn identical game bonuses.

U.S. 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.

"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 U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone.

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, U.S. Soccer said.

Under the new agreement, the USMNT and USWNT will have identical performance-based bonuses for all games and competitions.

The women's team will no longer receive guaranteed salaries and have the same pay-to-play payments as their male counterparts.

"(The) next step is for other federations around the world to look to see what we have done and start doing it themselves," Parlow Cone told reporters. "And then also encouraging the confederations and then as well as FIFA to equalize all prize money."

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In another first for U.S. Soccer and the players' unions, U.S. Soccer will share a portion of its