Women’s World Cup 2019: US team paid £575,000 less than men’s side in bonuses

The USWNT has earned six times less in bonuses than the men’s side in bonuses

The US women’s football team have earned six times less in bonuses than the men’s side, according to an investigation by The Guardian.

The players in this World Cup have thus far earned just over £70,000 each in bonuses, however, if they were men, their performance-based reward would have been just over £430,000 each.

The disparity is due to the difference in bonuses handed out to the players by US Soccer, as well as a £3.5m reward for advancing to the knockout stages.

In figures comparing the 2018 men’s World Cup and this year’s women’s World Cup, the men’s team already earned almost three times as much in bonuses just for qualifying for the tournament.

The men’s side also receives a bonus over four times larger than the female side per match and almost four times as great a reward for winning the tournament.

US Soccer have previously claimed that the gender pay gap stems from Fifa, who offered £314.8m in prize money for the men’s tournament in 2018, while only £23.6m is on offer for the women’s World Cup.

The USWNT filed a lawsuit against US Soccer earlier this year with the pay gap a central part of their claim.