Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
Congrats to Jill Ellis and the US women on becoming World Champions once again. Much deserved. One of the great teams of all time and they performed up to immense expectations against a very strong field. What a team. #FifaWomensWorldCup #FIFAWWCup
They never trailed. They outscored their opponents 26-3. They led an astounding 442 out of 630 minutes (70.2 percent of the time, a number that may defy belief from future soccer historians). This USWNT dominated like no other. https://t.co/GgwI2qMmhv
From the 2016 through 2018, the U.S. women’s games pulled in about $50.8 million in revenue compared with $49.9 million for the men, according to the Wall Street Journal. The men’s team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. In the stands in Lyon after the game, fans started chanting “Equal pay! Equal Pay!”
FIFA has also proposed a doubling of women’s World Cup prize money, from $30 million in this World Cup to $60 million in 2023. But that haul still falls far short of the $440 million the men will receive at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.