Soccer-U.S. women's national team files final brief in equal pay appeal

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's World Cup Champions Parade - New York, United States - July 10, 2019 Megan Rapinoe, Ashlyn Harris and Alex Morgan of the U.S. with the trophy during the parade REUTERS/Mike Segar

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Players from the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a final brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday in their bid to revive their equal pay case against U.S. Soccer.

Judge R. Gary Klausner of the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 2020 threw out the players’ claims that they were underpaid in comparison with the men’s national team.