A controversial penalty may have saved the US women's team in this year's World Cup.

The US women's soccer team is going to have its equal pay lawsuit decided via mediation once the World Cup is over.

The US Women's National Team was more subdued in its celebrations during a victory over Chile. Instead of leaping group hugs, they celebrated with golf claps.

'People aren't as interested in women playing soccer as men playing soccer - not because they are sexist, but because women are not as good at soccer as men.'

U.S. Women's Soccer star Megan Rapinoe uses national anthem to protest the president and nation that she is representing on the world stage.

President Donald Trump was asked whether the US women's soccer team should receive the same pay as the men's team.

Megan Rapinoe stuck to her promise and protested the national anthem before the first Team USA World Cup game this week against Thailand.

Asked about the lopsided score, US coach Jill Ellis wondered if a 10-0 victory in a men's World Cup would elicit the same questions.

Before Team USA's game against Mexico, 96-year-old World War II veteran Pete DuPre gave a stirring performance of the national anthem on his harmonica.

Megan Rapinoe gave FIFA some kicks, maintaining the sport's top executives are not doing enough to close a huge gender disparity in investment.