The court said the team had insufficient evidence to prove their claim of unequal pay against US Soccer.
A judge has ruled that the US Women's National Soccer Team has insufficient evidence to bring their claim of unequal pay to trial, delivering a major blow to the four-time World Cup champions' lawsuit.
In an order issued Friday, US District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the US Soccer Federation's motion for summary judgment to dismiss the key component of the women players' lawsuit, leaving just their claim of discrimination based on travel conditions and medical and training support viable for trial.
"In sum, [US Soccer] has offered evidence in support of its Motion for Summary Judgment that the [women's national team] has been paid more on both a cumulative and an average per-game basis than the [men's national team] over the class period," the order read. With regard to the evidence that the women's team presented, including that they are paid lower bonuses for friendlies and that they would have made more under the men's national team's collective bargaining agreement than they did under their own contract, Klausner said the evidence is"insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact for trial."the judge's decision.
"We are shocked and disappointed with today's decision, but we will not give up our hard work for equal pay," Levinson said on Twitter."We are confident in our case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women will not be valued as lesser just because of their gender.
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