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08-13-2016, 02:00 AM
U.S. Soccer's women deserve as much as the men — even when they lose
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When the U.S. women's soccer team returns from the Rio Olympics, there will be ** ticker-tape parade or celebratory selfies with President Obama or triumphant magazine covers.*
Perhaps most important, unlike following their World Cup win in 2015, there will be ** victory tour that generates millions in revenue for U.S. Soccer the team can cite as further leverage in their fight for equal pay (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/womens-soccer-wage-discrimination/#QYTraESlBsqB?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=).*
SEE ALSO: Elimination: U.S. women's soccer just took its worst Olympics loss ever (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The squad's devastating quarterfinal loss (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/) to Sweden —incomprehensible just a few weeks ago — is a gut-punch for more than one reason. For the first time ever, the team won't medal in the Olympics. And they can ** longer claim the bragging rights of global dominance which, in women's soccer, is about more than just ego.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When the U.S. women's soccer team returns from the Rio Olympics, there will be ** ticker-tape parade or celebratory selfies with President Obama or triumphant magazine covers.*
Perhaps most important, unlike following their World Cup win in 2015, there will be ** victory tour that generates millions in revenue for U.S. Soccer the team can cite as further leverage in their fight for equal pay (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/womens-soccer-wage-discrimination/#QYTraESlBsqB?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=).*
SEE ALSO: Elimination: U.S. women's soccer just took its worst Olympics loss ever (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The squad's devastating quarterfinal loss (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/) to Sweden —incomprehensible just a few weeks ago — is a gut-punch for more than one reason. For the first time ever, the team won't medal in the Olympics. And they can ** longer claim the bragging rights of global dominance which, in women's soccer, is about more than just ego.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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