While the women’s national team fought for and won its landmark equal pay contract with U.S. Soccer last spring, new players’ association officer Tierna Davidson believes there is so much more to be done.
FILE - United States defender Tierna Davidson plays during the second half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match against Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. While the women's national team fought for and won its landmark equal pay contract with U.S. Soccer last spring, defender Tierna Davidson believes there is so much more to be done.
“I think that now our eyes turn to, 'OK we’ve gotten a good foothold here in domestically and now what else can we do internationally?' Whether it’s helping other international teams with their federations, whether it’s FIFA, CONCACAF, whomever needs to hear from us,” said Davidson, the newest officer for the U.S. Women's National Team Players Association.
U.S. Soccer agreed to a new collective bargaining that pays its men's and women's national teams equallyDavidson replaces Sam Mewis, who opted to end her four-term tenure as vice president and treasurer after a serious injury that will keep her away from the team for the foreseeable future. Davidson joins Becky Sauerbrunn, who remains the USWNTPA's president, and Crystal Dunn, VP and secretary, on the leadership team.
“A lot of what we’ve seen is such incredible exponential growth in women’s soccer, but there needs to be also that exponential growth in the rules and the policies and the structure to make sure that everybody is safe, everybody knows clearly what their roles are, everybody can feel comfortable and feel like they can thrive," she said.
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