their success in france came amid a pay dispute with their own federation headed by this man carlos caldera even during homecoming celebrations earlier this month the calls for equal pay were never far away i the players assuming the federation i think gender and pay discrimination the federation having focused on supporting the team during the tournament has now responded in an open letter code terry said it's over an 8 year period the women were paid $34100000.00 compared to $26400000.00 for the men the reason unlike the men the women get a base salary of $100000.00 per year the men have to rely on bonuses alone their core dero admits these can be larger. the women's team has constantly been more successful than the men who failed to even qualify for the last world cup they say their requests to have performance based pay the same as the man was refused in a statement their spokesperson said it was quote a sad attempt by the federation to quell the tide of supports the u.s. women's national team has received. this team has proved their win is on the pitch but to choose sides in the disput