00:00If they win, no one wins. If we win, everyone wins.
00:04Equal pay! Equal pay!
00:06And pay them ladies, man. Pay them girls what they worth.
00:09This team is living proof you can be the very best and still have to fight for equal pay.
00:22Of course, people will always say, oh, did our men win equal? Sure.
00:25But when it has to come down to a check or, you know, actually putting your money where
00:30your mouth is, I think that's a little bit different conversation. That's a little bit harder.
00:45Pay disparity between the men and women is just too large and we want to continue to fight.
00:51The generation of players before us fought and now it's our job to keep on fighting.
01:08I loved it the other day when the women's soccer players, the women's soccer players
01:14sued for equal pay, right? After all, they have won, what, three world championships and the
01:19Olympics? They got a pretty good record.
01:50I think it's just everybody's, everybody's ready for it. Everybody wants it.
01:54Everybody's ready for the conversation to be moved to the next piece.
02:09For us to be in France at the World Cup and for the whole stadium to scream equal pay, equal pay,
02:14that, I'm goose bumps right now thinking about it. But this is obviously a very historical
02:18movement. This is a historical fight for every female out there who deserves equal pay with their
02:24male counterparts, no matter what career or field that they're in.
02:28Eventually we're going to win and it's going to happen.
02:38Thank you very much.
02:40We believe at U.S. Soccer
02:46that all female athletes deserve fair and equitable pay.
02:55And together, together I believe we can get this done.
03:00I'm going to endorse Carlos. I think he's with us. I think he's on the right side of things.
03:04I think he's going to make things right. We look forward to holding those feet to the fire.
03:09To see that as the argument, as sort of blatant misogyny and sexism,
03:39is really disappointing.
04:01I've been devalued. I've been disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman.
04:07And I've been told that I don't deserve any more than less because I am a woman.
04:17We're so often told in this country that if you just work hard and continue to achieve,
04:23you will be rewarded and rewarded fairly.
04:26It's the promise of the American dream, but that promise has not been for everyone.
04:38It's historical. I mean, I think not since like Title IX is this going to change,
04:47not just women in sports, but have people really looking at the equal pay issue.
04:51And we felt like we wanted to not just do it for the women in the film to make sure
04:55that the record gets set straight, because it feels like there's a big injustice there.
04:59I also think we just wanted to make sure globally, people around the world,
05:03girls, women especially, were able to see this and take inspiration
05:07for it to make sure they get value and investment in their own lives.
05:10Yes, we're discriminated against, but, you know, relative to most people, we're
05:14in a place of, you know, incredible privilege.
05:17And not many women have the ability to be in this place.
05:20So I think for us, it's become so much more than just our fight.
05:26It's about setting up the game in the next generation in a much better place.
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