Sports Federal judge rejects U.S. women’s national team’s claim for equal pay, sides with U.S. Soccer May 1, 2020 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Comments Off on Federal judge rejects U.S. women’s national team’s claim for equal pay, sides with U.S. Soccer A federal judge has thrown out the World Cup-winning USWNT's claim that they were paid less than the U.S. men's soccer team.