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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Asks Judge To Skip Trial, Give Them The Money

Hank Berrien
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Asks Judge To Skip Trial, Give Them The Money
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On Thursday, women on the the U.S. women’s national team asked a judge to skip a trail and simply rule in their favor in their $66 million wage discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, which has countered by asking the judge to dismiss the case.

Yahoo Sports reported, “The USWNT’s lawyers filed a motion for summary judgment, which means the judge would find the players had been discriminated against without the need to go to trial. As part of that, they filed a lengthy analysis determining the women were due up to $67 million in retroactive pay.

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