USSF v. WNT: U.S. Soccer Files Complaint Against Women’s National Team

By Tyler O’Hara   Ongoing labor tensions between U.S. soccer’s governing body and the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (“WNT”) have resulted in a federal lawsuit over the team’s collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). On February 4th, 2016 the United States Soccer Federation (“USSF”) filed a complaint in the Northern District of Illinois seeking declaratory relief against the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players Association (“Players Association”) for antici