Wiki Changes: U.S. Womens National Team

Since writing my last piece I have been trying to keep up with the Women World Cup as the USA team had been playing very well.  I have decided to update a section of their Wiki page.

Here is the original section I chose to edit:

On March 8, 2019, all 28 members of the U.S. team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.^[79] The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in Los Angeles, accused the Federation of “institutional gender discrimination.”^[80] The lawsuit claims that the discrimination affects not only the amount the players are paid but also their playing, training, and travel conditions.

This section is very informative and easy to understand, but the last thing that it mentions is from March.  Since the team has been in season and doing well and making strides in their fight for equal pay, this section needs to be updated. 

Here is the section that I changed:

On March 8, 2019, all 28 members of the U.S. team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.^[79] The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in Los Angeles, accused the Federation of “institutional gender discrimination.”^[80] The lawsuit claims that the discrimination affects not only the amount the players are paid but also their playing, training, and travel conditions.

The USWNT is the most winning American soccer team in history and because of that many people are supportive in their fight to get equal pay.^[81] Recently the U.S. Soccer Federation has fought back against the lawsuit. In court on May 7, 2019 the USSF argued that "'any alleged pay differential' is due to 'differences in the aggregate revenue generated by the different teams' and other factors".^[82] As of July 3, 2019 more than 50 lawmakers signed a letter written by Representative Jackie Speier to Carlos Cordiero who is the U.S. soccer president. The letter pressed Cordiero to pay the women team fairly. On top of all of this the USWNT has made it to the World Cup Finals and will play Netherland for the cup on July 7, 2019.

I am happy with the updates I have made and I hope that more updates are able to be made soon as they are gaining support for the equal pay. Also, as the team makes their debut tomorrow night in the World Cup Finals I hope that with more of the world watching them the team continues to fight for what they believe in.