The Matildas have released a video putting the heat on football's local and world leaders to ensure the Women's World Cup leaves a legacy.
The Matildas' and Socceroos' collective bargaining agreement with Football Australia guarantees each team the same minimum percentage of prize money from tournaments.All 23 squad members spoke about the prize money discrepancy between FIFA's men's and women's tournaments.
Australia's women still earn $26,000 less than their male colleagues as progress stalls on bridging pay gap "There's a few weasel words in their commentary around the broadcast and the sponsorship mixture having to be right before they can move to that."They've clearly got $4 billion in reserves, so they can afford to spend and equalise things now.
Yallop, Kerr and Katrina Gorry are among current Matildas who went on strike for better pay and conditions in 2015.
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