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July 7, 2015

Winning U.S. Women's Soccer Team Paid Fraction of Losing Men's Team 
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The U.S. women's soccer team is being honored at a rally in Los Angeles,
California, today after they beat Japan to win the World Cup on Sunday.
Their victory shattered TV rating records, becoming the most viewed
soccer game ever in the United States — men's or women's. Yet the
international soccer organizing body FIFA, which is under fire for
rampant corruption, forced the women to play on artificial turf and
awarded the team just $2 million for their victory — a fourth of
what the U.S. men's team received after they lost in the first round of
the men's World Cup last year.

 

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