The Best Soccer Team in U.S. History Wants Justice | Sojourners

The Best Soccer Team in U.S. History Wants Justice

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Just under a hundred days before their first World Cup match (in which they would score a record-breaking 13 goals), every member of the team filed a class action, gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The timing of the announcement conveyed that the 23 other teams in the tournament would not be the only opponents of the USWNT this World Cup.

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