When the soccer stadium was chanting for equal pay, why didn't they simultaneously demand that their tickets cost as much as men's tickets?

Simple answer: The last Mens World Cup took in 6 Billion; the Womens World Cup: MAYBE 131 million.

Wrong. Gold Cup final: you could get in for $245. World Cup final: $1,100. You assume wrong, dot. Plus, you miss the point: the governing body HAS the money to pay the awards equally - men and women - but the governing body chooses not to do so. It has nothing to do with ticket prices.

England's women internationals get paid around the same as male league 2 players. Considering their standard is well below that, I'd say they are well paid in comparison.

Maybe these idiots should grow a penis or have sex change surgery! How else can they ever earn equal pay???

It is akin to the natural hierarchy of gender consistent European domestic leagues. I don't really want to see Rapinoe perform in a mediocre fifth tier co-gender league.

They forget when people don't watch there isn't advertising revenue, therefore less money. They should just cut down men's pay to the same as theirs.

Worth more since the US women's team is way better than the men's.

It was a stark reminder that the soccer players who won the international tournament a whopping four times still do not earn as much as their male counterparts who have yet to win a single World Cup. The difference in pay is so stark that the players sued the United States Soccer Federation in March, claiming “purposeful gender discrimination.” The lawsuit points out that while the women are paid far less than their male counterparts, they earn far more money for U.S. Soccer.

“Partly as a consequence of their superior results, from 2015 to 2018, the women’s team played 19 more matches than the men,” notes the New York Times’ Lizzy Goodman. “In other words, the women aren’t working as hard as their male counterparts for less money; they’re working harder for less money.” From 2016 to 2018, women’s soccer games generated some $50.8 million in revenue compared to the $49.9 million brought in by the men’s games, according to audited financial statements obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

The women’s team has the support not only of their male counterparts but also many members of Congress. Sen. Chuck Schumer, for example, celebrated the World Cup victory with a tweet that read, “Now can the #USWNT get equal pay?” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also joined in and cheekily suggested that equal pay wasn’t enough: “At this point we shouldn’t even be asking for #EqualPay for the #USWMNT - we should demand they be paid at least twice as much 😉”.

Maybe the tickets are overpriced when men are playing. Maybe the men are overpaid.

Soccer is a woman's sport anyways.