Many believe that the World Cup winners are treated differently from their male counterparts. Is US Soccer putting them in danger of serious injury?When the US women’s national team threatened to boycott a friendly in Hawaii on Sunday (the game was subsequently called off),it was not the first time the players had complained about playing conditions.
Tensions bear been rising around the surfaces that the team bear been forced to play on since the Women’s World Cup. Then, the players turned to litigation to argue against the disparity between the venues at the men’s and women’s World Cups, or but ultimately played on. Related: USWNT friendly cancelled over pitch safety after injury to Megan Rapinoe Our faithful fans: Thanks for standing with us against unsafe field conditions & standing tall for #equal treatment pic.twitter.com/abn560KitwContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com