INFORMATION ON EITHER SHOOTING
TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY.
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL PLAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE U.S. WOMEN'S
SOCCER TEAM SAY THEY'RE NOT
GETTING.
Matt: FIVE MEMBERS FILED AN
ACTION OVER WAGE DISCRIMINATION.
THEY CLAIM THE WOMEN'S TEAM
SHOULD BE PAID THE SAME AS THE
U.S. MEN'S TEAM.
JAMIE SEH IS JOINING US NOW.
THE STORY IS DEVELOPING RIGHT
HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY
HAPPEN TO TRAIN.
Reporter: RIGHT NOW THEY ARE.
FOR SOME REASON, THE TEAM IS
HERE TRAINING FOR A COUPLE OF
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES.
THE PRACTICE TODAY, MEDIA WERE
NOT INVITED.
BUT DON'T FORGET, NOT ONLY ARE
THESE WORLD CLASS ATHLETES,
THEY'RE ALSO EMPLOYEES, RIGHT?
AND THAT'S AT THE HEART OF IT.
IT ALSO HAS TIES TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA BECAUSE ALEX MORGAN IS
ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND
THIS ACTION.
THE SOCCER STAR IS ALSO A MEMBER
OF THE BRAND-NEW WOMEN'S PRO
TEAM HERE IN ORLANDO.
THE ORLANDO PRIDE.
THE U.S. WOMEN'S TEAM IS ONE OF
THE MOST RECOGNIZED CLUBS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
THE PLAYERS SELL TICKETS AND
JERSEYS AND WIN GAMES.
THEY EARNED THREE WORLD CUP
CHAMPIONS AND FOUR OLYMPIC GOLD
MEDALS.
WHAT THEY HAVEN'T EARNED IS
EQUAL PAY TO THE MEN'S TEAM.
SOME OF THE TOP WOMEN'S PLAYERS
LIKE CARLY LLOYD, HOPE SOLO AND
ALEX MORGAN FILED A COMPLAINT
WITH THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AGAINST
THE U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION.
THEY USED AN APPEARANCE ON THE
"TODAY SHOW" THIS MORNING TO
ANNOUNCE THE ACTION.
EVERY SINGLE DAY WE PRACTICE
JUST AS MUCH AS THE MEN AND WORK
JUST AS MUCH AND ENDURE JUST AS
MUCH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
OUR FANS REALLY DO APPRECIATE US
EVERY DAY FOR THAT.
WE'RE ASKING AND DEMANDING OUR
FEDERATION AND EMPLOYER, REALLY,
STEP UP AND APPRECIATE US AS
WELL.
Reporter: THEY'RE ACTUALLY
USING NUMBERS REPORTED IN THE
FEDERATION'S 2015 FINANCIAL
REPORT TO SUPPORT THEIR
ARGUMENT.
IT SAYS THE WOMEN'S TEAM
GENERATED ABOUT $18 MILLION MORE
IN PROFIT THAN THE MEN'S TEAM
LAST YEAR, BUT WOMEN PLAYERS ARE
BEING PAID ALMOST FOUR TIMES
LESS.
BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS, U.S.
WOMEN'S PLAYERS MAKE ANYWHERE
FROM $3600 TO $5,000 A GAME.
THE MEN MAKE A MINIMUM OF 6,000
PER AND OVER $17,000.
WOMEN GET A BONUS OF $30,000 BY
MAKING THE WORLD CUP ROSTER.
MEN ALMOST 70,000.
LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE MEANT
$2 MILLION TO THE WOMEN'S TEAM.
WHEN THE MEN WON THEIR WORLD CUP
TOURNAMENT, THE MEN'S TEAM MADE
$9 MILLION.
MORGAN ARGUED WOMEN'S PLAYERS
PUT IN EQUAL EFFORT.
THE HEAD COACH KNOWS FIRSTHAND.
HE USED TO BE THE HEAD COACH OF
THE U.S. WOMEN'S TEAM IN 2013
AND 2014.
I WAS AT PRIDE PRACTICE TODAY,
TALKED WITH THEM AFTERWARDS.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THE
LEGAL ACTION THAT U.S. PLAYERS
TOOK TODAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT HE
ANSWERED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PLAYERS HE USED TO
COACH.
YOU'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH
MANY OF THOSE WOMEN, HAVING
COACHED THEM.
CAN YOU ATTEST TO THEIR WORK
ETHIC?
IT'S FANTASTIC FROM THE
WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.
THE COMMITMENT ACROSS THE BOARD
THAT FEMALE ATHLETES MAKE,
PROBABLY NOT JUST SOCCER PLAYERS
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ATTEST SO
SOCCER PLAYERS, IS PHENOMENAL.
Reporter: THEY RELEASED A
STATEMENT TODAY SAYING THEY'RE
COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATING A NEW
LABOR DEAL THAT ADDRESSES
COMPENSATION WITH THE U.S.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.
THE CURRENT DEAL THEY HAVE
EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
MEANWHILE, THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION WILL
INVESTIGATE AND THERE ARE MANY
OTHER DISPARITIES IN THE BONUSES
THE TWO TEAMS GET AS WELL.
MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS, THOUGH,
WHO IS THE BIGGEST AMERICAN
SOCCER STAR IN THE COUNTRY?
Matt: IF YOU ASKED FOR NAME
RECOGNITION, HOPE SOLO, ALEX
MORGAN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN NAME TOO
MANY GUYS ON THE MEN'S TEAM.
Reporter: AND SOME OF THE
STARS OF THE MEN'S TEAM LIKE TIM
HOWARD, FORMER STAR LANDON
DONOVAN, THEY CAME OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE WOMEN'S TEAM
TODAY AS WELL.
Ginger: EVEN IF YOU DON'T
KNOW THE FACTS OF THIS, YOU HAVE
THE HARD NUMBERS RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOU.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.
Reporter: EXACTLY.
ONE THING THE WOMEN'S TEAM HAS
DONE IN HISTORY IS GET RESULTS.