The U.S. Womens National Team will get its day in court. A judge has set a May 5, 2020 date for the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Both parties were hoping for a later trial date in 2020 to avoid conflict with the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Both teams were hoping for a November or December 2020 trial date.
Mediation talks between both parties broke down last week after U.S. Soccer hired lobbyists to argue that the U.S. Women’s National Team wasn’t getting paid less than their male counterparts.
Source: https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/19/uswnt-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-trial-date-set-may-5-2020
