{"id":1294,"date":"2016-09-09T09:23:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwomanfoundation.com\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2016-09-09T09:23:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T09:23:45","slug":"u-s-women-win-world-cup-get-stiffed-by-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwomanfoundation.com\/cannes2026\/u-s-women-win-world-cup-get-stiffed-by-fifa\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women Win World Cup, Get Stiffed By FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. women\u2019s soccer team defeated Japan on Sunday to win the World Cup. For their dominant performance, the team will collect $2 million from FIFA<\/a>, the international body that runs the tournament.<\/p>\n

The championship prize for women pales in comparison to the $8 million in prize money<\/a> awarded to men\u2019s teams who lose in the first round. Every men\u2019s team was awarded $1.5 million just for participating<\/p>\n

FIFA, which generates billions in revenue, also forced women \u2014 but not the men \u2014 to play this year\u2019s World Cup on artificial turf<\/a>. This not only increased the risk of injury, but also increased temperatures on the field by 20-30 degrees. During tournament, field temperatures reached 120 degrees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dozens of top players filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against FIFA<\/a> in Canadian court, citing the artificial turf issue. The case was dropped when it became clear FIFA would not change the field surface even if they lost<\/a>. FIFA did agree to play the 2019 women\u2019s World Cup on grass.<\/p>\n

The U.S. women\u2019s team has won the World Cup three times. The U.S. men have never won the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. women\u2019s soccer team defeated Japan on Sunday to win the World Cup. For their dominant performance, the team will collect $2 million from FIFA, the international body that runs the tournament. The championship prize for women pales in comparison to the $8 million in prize money awarded to men\u2019s teams who lose in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t