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In January 2023, the National Women’s Soccer League permanently or temporarily banned seven former coaches and executives. The league’s actions followed the issuance of a 125-page report by the law firms of Covington &...more
Earlier this year, we wrote about the surging popularity of women’s soccer in the United States, and how the sport’s growth promised to open exciting new investment opportunities in markets around the country. The Women’s...more
Luis Rubiales resigned as the president of the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) amid controversy over his kissing a women’s national team player without her consent following the team’s 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup win. The...more
Following an eventful and evolving sports landscape in 2022, KaufCan Sports is keeping tabs on a number of noteworthy areas in the Sports Law world for 2023. From NCAA and its student-athletes to disruption in world golf to...more
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and New York AG Letitia James wrote a letter to the Commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the CEO and President of the U.S. Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer), expressing...more
The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) is close to receiving a $24 million payout now that a federal judge has preliminarily approved the current and former team members’ settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation...more
The leagues are not necessarily of one mind. The participation of transgender and non-binary individuals in competitive sports is a controversial topic. Sports organizations at various levels have struggled to balance...more
The players drive the League. In January, the nine-year-old National Women’s Soccer League announced it had agreed to its first-ever collective bargaining agreement with the union representing its players, the National...more
In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams agreed to joint collective bargaining agreements with the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) on May 18 which guarantees equal pay for both teams. Not only...more
The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF), the governing body for international soccer in the United States, and the unions representing the women’s and men’s national soccer teams, U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association, and...more
In what is being portrayed as a significant victory for women in sports, the United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) announced a $24 million-dollar settlement of a class action equal pay action against the U.S....more
Soccer phenom, 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie has been granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in her challenge to the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) Age Rule. The league’s Age Rule requires players to be at least...more
Players on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team have settled some of the claims the group made in its Equal Pay Act lawsuit against U.S. Soccer Federation, the national governing body for the sport. The settlement resolves...more
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s (“WNT”) battle to increase pay in line with that afforded to the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (“MNT”) was dealt a blow last Friday as a judge dismissed their Equal Pay Act ("EPA")...more
A California federal judge today granted the U.S. Women’s National Team an early victory in their pay equity battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation (the Federation), granting class certification to a group of players who...more
Yesterday morning, moments ahead of the parade in New York City to celebrate the Women’s National Soccer Team’s World Cup victory, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law two bills related to equal pay. ...more
A bill to prevent any federal funding for the 2026 men’s World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to provide equal pay to the U.S. women’s and men’s national teams was introduced by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on...more
After winning the World Cup on Sunday with a thrilling 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, the U.S. women’s national soccer team laid claim to being the best women’s soccer team in history. They celebrated their victory at the...more
Today we honor the US Women’s Soccer team who won their fourth World Cup over the weekend by defeating The Netherlands. The US controlled the entire match, much as they had for the entire tournament. They were tested to be...more
As the newly crowned world champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team members received their winners’ medals Sunday, chants of “equal pay!” reverberated through the stadium. Those in attendance were well aware that the men’s...more
The U.S. Women’s National Team is on track to defend its 2015 World Cup title after defeating Spain in the Round of 16 on June 24. They’re the favorite in their upcoming quarter-final match against France on June 27. Away...more