VIDEO. “A great victory for us, for women in general”: American soccer players obtain equal pay

“It's a big win for us, for women's sport, for women in general, and it's a moment we can all celebrate now.

The American soccer player Alex Morgan celebrates on television the victory of her collective, which obtained a historic agreement with the American football federation.

This grants them a bonus of 24 million dollars, but above all the commitment to have a salary equal to that of the men on all the next matches, in the future.

The group of players had sued the federation for its discriminatory policy.

The agreement should extinguish the lawsuits.

"Obviously we can't go back and erase the injustices we've faced, but it shows that this can never happen again," said Megan Rapinoe, the star of the women's soccer team, hailing "a big day ".

“The players who will follow will have a much better ability to play.

So they will probably be better than we have ever been.

And that's kind of the goal.

With four World Cup victories and as many Olympic gold medals, the United States Women's National Soccer Team is the most successful in women's sports history.

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In terms of salary differences, American players, eliminated in the round of 16 in 2014, received 4.5 million euros while their female counterparts only received 1.45 million for winning the competition.