The United States Women's National Team has been fighting for equal pay for years. Back in February, the USWNT and the US Soccer Federation settled their class-action lawsuit for equal pay, granting them $24 million. The settlement also resulted in an agreement for equal pay in the future, and that time is finally here.

The US Soccer Federation, US Women's National Team Players Association, and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association agreed to new Collective Bargaining Agreements to grant women equal pay. US Soccer laid out the details of the agreement.

According to the organization's website, the historical deal includes “true equal pay” between the men's and women's teams. This includes the teams' FIFA World Cup prize money. There will be separate Collective Bargaining Agreements for each team. However, “the agreements are identical in working conditions and financial components.” This includes game bonuses, appearance fees, prize money, commercial revenue share, and more.

US Soccer emphasized that the agreements allowed the USWNT players and USMNT players to “reset their relationship,” providing them with “an exciting new phase of mutual growth and collaboration.”

How will they distribute equal pay for the upcoming World Cup tournaments?

US Soccer will combine the USMNT's 2022 World Cup prize money and the USWNT's 2023 World Cup prize money. That shared pool will then be distributed. US Soccer will receive 10% of the money, while the two teams will split the other 90%.

The deals will run through 2028, covering the next two World Cups and Olympic cycles.