Welcome Back! Sorry for the delay; babies are tough, but we are getting back on track!! This week we are talking about common injuries faced by professional soccer players and the tragic outcomes for those players who unlike many other men's professional athletes have no safety net because of their habitually low career income.

We will talk about a heated battle over astroturf in the canadian worlds cup and a few more examples of Women's Professional Soccer being under valued and under invested in.

The team will officially become more popular and more viewed by the men's team. Bring in more eyes and more revenue but still US Soccer refuses to pay them fairly. A new passionate consultant named Becca Roux joins the fight on the side of the Women's national team and helps kick the fight up into high gear.

Eventually lawsuits start to fly and the players band together to make a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Frankie really hopes you all enjoy this episode! Thanks for listening!

Sources:

“A Greater Goal: The epic Battle for Equal pay in Women’s Soccer-And Beyond” By Elizabeth Rusch(2024)

“U.S. Women’s Soccer Stars Take Lead on Risks of Heading” By Juliet Macur New York times (2014)

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