--- description: "I hope they win so all female athletes can benefit" title: Lindsey Vonn: U.S. Soccer's Fight for Equal Pay Is a Win for Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c8e25dbf094de14/698890c8428a9efd93cd2633/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-27.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lindsey Vonn: U.S. Soccer's Fight for Equal Pay Could Revolutionize Women's Sports  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 1:43 AM CUT  Lindsey Vonn at the TIME 100 Gala in New York on April 26, 2016. Lindsey Vonn at the TIME 100 Gala in New York on April 26, 2016.Stephen Lovekin—REX/Shutterstock  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 1:43 AM CUT During the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/ "undefined") this year, Olympic skier [Lindsey Vonn ](http://www.lindseyvonn.com/en/home/ "undefined")addressed the federal [wage discrimination suit](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/sports/soccer/uswnt-us-women-carli-lloyd-alex-morgan-hope-solo-complain.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") five U.S. women’s soccer players have filed. The women’s team just won a World Cup, but the members are reportedly still paid just 40% of the mediocre male U.S. soccer team. “I really hope they win that lawsuit: they’re incredible and deserve it,” Vonn said. “A lot of times you can’t compare really men’s and women’s sports—they’re too different. But with soccer, the discrepancy is pretty blatant.” She went on to say that the suit will likely set a precedent for other sports, where women are routinely underpaid and have fewer endorsements than their male counterparts. “I hope they win, and when these cases are won or lost, there’s always a ripple effect. So I hope they win so all female athletes can benefit.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/"},"headline":"Lindsey Vonn: U.S. Soccer's Fight for Equal Pay Could Revolutionize Women's Sports","datePublished":"2016-04-27T01:43:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:08.052Z","description":"\"I hope they win so all female athletes can benefit\"","url":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/","keywords":["TIME 100","Soccer","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c8e25dbf094de14/698890c8428a9efd93cd2633/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c8e25dbf094de14/698890c8428a9efd93cd2633/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-MEDIA-TIME","caption":"US-MEDIA-TIME","creditText":"Stephen Lovekin—REX/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/","name":"Lindsey Vonn: U.S. Soccer's Fight for Equal Pay Could Revolutionize Women's Sports"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Time 100 Gala Highlights","description":"Watch highlights from the 2016 Time 100 Gala","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/orYjzea8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-27T05:38:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/orYjzea8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/","duration":"PT2M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4308881/lindsey-vonn-soccer-time-100-gala/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```