Women’s National Team Misses Goal in Equal Pay Act Claims

By Patrick L. Egan, of Jackson Lewis   A federal judge has dismissed the Equal Pay Act (EPA) claims filed by 28 members of the U.S. Senior Women’s National Soccer Team (WNT) against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), finding the WNT players were actually paid more than their male counterparts on the Men’s National Team (MNT) and the pay differences of which they complained were a result of the application of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the U.S. Women’s N