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After the U.S. Women s National Soccer Team won the FIFA Women s World Cup in 2019, the biggest story wasn t their unprecedented fourth title. It was that female soccer players were being paid 19x less than their male counterparts. Equal pay became the biggest news story in the country. While many attributed the pay discrepancy to gender discrimination, Budweiser dug deeper and found it was also driven by a massive gap in sponsorship. The MLS, the men’s soccer league in America, had 24 official sponsors. The NWSL, the women’s league, had three. As one of those three sponsors, Budweiser wanted to drive change. But in order for Budweiser to help close the pay gap we had to address the sponsorship gap.
Apr 13, 2021
The US Women s National Soccer Team has another Friendly today!! They tied up Sweden in Sunday s match up in the 85th minute on a Megan Rapinoe penalty kick! Gonna be another good one this afternoon at 3 when they take on France! Hoping for a goal outta my girl Christen Press!! Check out some of her highilights! LFG!!
Apr 13, 2021
The US Women s National Soccer Team has another Friendly today!! They tied up Sweden in Sunday s match up in the 85th minute on a Megan Rapinoe penalty kick! Gonna be another good one this afternoon at 3 when they take on France! Hoping for a goal outta my girl Christen Press!! Check out some of her highilights! LFG!!
Boston Oct 21, 2019
Players from a girls’ high school varsity soccer team in Vermont received with yellow cards after taking their jerseys off mid-game to display shirts stating,”#Equal Pay”. League rules bar the girls from wearing uniforms with slogans on them in official games, but they’re fine for practices and off-field activities, the team’s coach noted before the Friday game. Boston Oct 20, 2019
A girls’ high school varsity soccer team in Vermont is taking a page out of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s playbook, by mixing sports and social activism. “We want to show that we’re all going to stand behind this issue and we’re all going to fight for it together,” Burlington High School freshman Lydia Sheeser said of her team’s.
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