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The U.S. women’s national team won’t play a World Cup match until 2027, but it is still set to receive a major payday from this year’s big tournament.

The U.S. men’s national team earned $16 million from FIFA for reaching the round of 16 before being eliminated by Belgium in a 4-1 loss in Seattle. Under U.S. Soccer’s landmark equal pay collective bargaining agreements, that money will be shared equally with the women’s national team.

U.S. Soccer keeps 20 percent of the prize money. The remaining 80 percent is split evenly between the men’s and women’s player pools, meaning each team is set to receive $6.4 million from the USMNT’s run. Based on 26-player rosters, that comes out to roughly $246,153 per player.

The women’s share will not be paid immediately.

The USWNT has not yet qualified for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil, and the final roster will not be selected until closer to the tournament. Until then, the money owed to the women will sit in an interest-bearing account, with that interest also split between both player pools.

The arrangement exists because of the equal pay fight led by the U.S. women. The USWNT has won four World Cups, while the men have not advanced past the round of 16 since 2002. In 2019, members of the women’s team sued U.S. Soccer, accusing the federation of gender discrimination. A settlement followed in 2022, along with new CBAs for both teams.

The key piece was the decision to pool and split World Cup prize money, a structure designed to address the gap between FIFA’s payouts for the men’s and women’s tournaments.

That gap was clear in the previous cycle. The USMNT earned $13 million for reaching the round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup. The USWNT earned just $1.87 million for reaching the same stage at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Now, the same system is paying out again.

Round-of-16 teams at the expanded 48-team men’s World Cup earned $16 million, while the champion will receive $51 million. Had the U.S. beaten Belgium, a quarterfinal appearance would have earned $20 million, leaving $8 million each after U.S. Soccer’s cut.

Instead, the USMNT’s tournament ended with another round-of-16 exit.

The result stung, but the payout will still ripple across both national teams. The USWNT can return the favor in 2027, with any prize money the women earn in Brazil split with the men under the same agreement.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/sports/usmnts-world-cup-2026-payout-will-be-shared-with-uswnt-after-equal-pay-cba/

Some reactions from fans

The women's team will also share their prize money with the men's team so what's the fuss?

No be something they occur

The IRS will be the ultimate winner, they'll still take their cut regardless of the gender, spits

As if the women team can even win anything....


Men team are on their own o😅😂🤣

This does not make sense at all

Different teams, different coaches, different work and training sessions

Then you are asking for same pay

As how nau

If it was marriage they would say they supported the men to achieve their goals

Well US is a very ligitous society, them say form woke wella

See as them dey oppress men in the name of equality

This is similar to what is happening in Nigeria

One region provides the national cake, and it's split among other regions that did nothing

They must have learnt this from Nigeria

As if anybody watches women football more than men football.

Welcome to gender equity. The men has been sharing from the women's price money as well.

Money is generated in sports thru different means but one major source of funding is from sales of tickets

That being said, I want to ask this question

How many women pay to watch women play football so that they can generate funds from sale of tickets?

How many women can name teams of women soccer teams.

Very soon the volley ball team would ask for their share the football teams earning because na ball all of them dey play

Does it make sense that men does the hard work and then they split the money with the women. What did the women do to earn with them?

As pa they are married to them or what ?

Wow ! Equal pay. No gender discrimination. Congrats to the U.S

Men who make laws for the west are the dumbest and weakest I have ever come across.

They obviously haven't learnt anything from destroying marriages by giving women the upper hands in such unions.

While this may not make sense, the good thing is should women sports become profitable in future like the men's sports, the prize money will be shared equally too. Right now, it may not make sense because it favours the women.

dominique:
The women's team will also share their prize money with the men's team so what's the fuss?

How many people watch women's football?
How many brands sponsor women's football?

Football is a game that requires a lot of stamina. This is one of the reasons the men's game will always have an edge over the women's.

As for the foolish men who made that rule, if the stakeholders who are directly affected by it aren't on the streets protesting against it, why should I?

Equality only matters when women are disadvantaged.

Na this woke culture dey vex me

Na so them don give themselves so much liberty that a man can wake up one day and say she is a woman and go assign themselves pronouns and Mandate other people to join in on their delusional world to call them women

This is what happens when u let anything fly

Better than one country...

That won't even give the men team anything except after many controversies.

This money is to support or fund the female football not necessarily mean it will be shared with the women.

The women team are not generating so much like the men team.

But to be sincere that their women team dey win world cup back to back, more formidable than the men in their women side

The question will be how much is that women wins really worth, may not be 1/4 of the men even without semi final

Lastly it's a fair way of helping women across the sports survive so far they admit they are been helped

Players can always get their individual royalties from private clubs

If the men will share from theirs, I think the men go enjoy am pass sef, but the one I no fit support is if it is one sided sharing.

dominique:
The women's team will also share their prize money with the men's team so what's the fuss?

What do you mean by what’s the fuss? How much is the women’s team generating compared to what the men’s team brings in? Swear on everything that is dear to you that you would be happy to share your huge bonus with a colleague that only brought in less than 10% of the bonus you brought into a company. You fit swear say you will be glad to do this?

DLifeless1:
If the men will share from theirs, I think the men go enjoy am pass sef, but the one I no fit support is if it is one sided sharing.

Ogbeni, you don pass WAEC maths and English? 🤔

This is an act of Love and compassion

Imagine if Tinubu and his cronies are allowing even near equal distribution of Nigeria Treasury to the citizens

There won't be insecurities and agitations

Wotowotoman:
Ogbeni, you don pass WAEC maths and English? 🤔

My maths for waec na B2
English na C6

Hope you are okay now?

fineboynl:
This money is to support or fund the female football not necessarily men it will be shared with the women.

The women team are not generating so much like the men team.

No.
The Soccer FA takes 20 percent
80 percent goes to the players.
In this case to be split 40-40.
That is about 5 mill each split amongst the players to THEIR personal accounts.

DLifeless1:
My maths for waec na B2
English na C6

Hope you are okay now?

That B2 maths go be odu tinz because person wey pass maths well go understand say 1m generated by the women’s team is way less than 16m wey men generate.

That C6 for English na let my people go. No wonder to comprehend ordinary basic English article dey hard man pikin. Na wa o.

Reference:
No.
The Soccer FA takes 20 percent
80 percent goes to the players.
In this case to be split 40-40.
That is about 5 mill each split amongst the players to THEIR personal accounts.

Wetin be this??Chai! Ycee was right all along about the uprising wey Peller and co don cause. I weep for Nigerian youths 😢 😪

dominique:
The women's team will also share their prize money with the men's team so what's the fuss?

This Is bullsheet

I 4 no gree if toh say I dey part of the team

Let the men keep their money and the women keep their money

Na this type awoof I dey enjoy!

Karlovich:
The IRS will be the ultimate winner, they'll still take their cut regardless of the gender, spits

You sabi..

30% of that money will end up with IRS 🤣

Na to go vex they use style dey knack them one by one