--- title: Rapinoe Had Perfect Response to Soccer President on Equal Pay description: When U.S. Soccer President Cordeiro was heckled while speaking at the Women's National Team's Victory Parade, Rapinoe came to his defense. canonical: https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-10T17:38:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:43.156Z article:section: Sports og:title: Megan Rapinoe Had the Perfect Response When the U.S. Soccer President Was Drowned Out by 'Equal Pay' Chants at Team USA's Victory Parade og:description: Carlos Cordeiro also flubbed Rapinoe's name during his speech og:url: https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd695b884fad459/6989ffc1b21a9c3898502064/womens-team-parade.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Women's Team parade og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Megan Rapinoe Had the Perfect Response When the U.S. Soccer President Was Drowned Out by 'Equal Pay' Chants at Team USA's Victory Parade twitter:description: Carlos Cordeiro also flubbed Rapinoe's name during his speech twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd695b884fad459/6989ffc1b21a9c3898502064/womens-team-parade.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Megan Rapinoe Had the Perfect Response When the U.S. Soccer President Was Drowned Out by 'Equal Pay' Chants at Team USA's Victory Parade > Sponsored content. 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Megan Rapinoe holds the Women's World Cup trophy as the U.S. women's soccer team is celebrated with a parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York.Richard Drew—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 10, 2019 5:38 PM UTC When U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro was drowned out by hecklers as he spoked at Wednesday’s victory parade to celebrate the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s World Cup win, Megan Rapinoe came to his defense. She poked fun of him, as well. The [pay disparity](https://time.com/5594356/alex-morgan-world-cup/) faced by the athletes on the U.S. women’s national soccer team came into scrutiny this year after team members filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation in March, alleging that they receive a fraction of the pay that male soccer players get, even though the women fare better—exemplified by their recent championship win. Cordeiro acknowledged the struggle in a speech. “In recent months, you’ve raised your voices for equality,” he said to loud, affirming cheers. “Today, on behalf of all of us at U.S. Soccer, I want to say, we hear you, we believe in you, and we’re committed to doing right by you.” The big interruption came as Cordeiro continued. “Over the years, from our development programs to our youth national teams to our professional leagues, the NWSL, to our women’s national team, U.S. Soccer has invested more in women’s soccer than any country in the world. And we will continue to invest-” he said, before loud chants of “equal pay” put him on a brief pause. Cordeiro was also called out for flubbing team co-captain Megan Rapinoe’s name during his speech while discussing notable accolades from the tournament. When he mentioned Rapinoe, he pronounced it as “RAP-in-o” rather than the correct “Ra-PINO.” > [](https://twitter.com/a%5Fmc92/status/1148976560478785541) Rapinoe herself seemed unbothered about the name mix-up when she took the mic later on in the ceremony, and supported Cordeiro when she talked about the pay disparity issue. After teasing him slightly for getting interrupted with chants — “Everybody in the position of power gets booed” — Rapinoe said she was going to endorse Cordeiro. “I think he’s with us. I think he’s on the right side of things. I think he’s going to make things right,” she said. On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he had signed [new pay equity legislation](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s5248/amendment/b). The legislation, which requires equal pay for “substantially similar work,” aims to eliminate the gender wage gap and bans employers from differentiating on the basis of race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation and others who fall under protected class. Cuomo signed the legislation at the parade as the U.S. women’s team has pushed for equal pay in recent months. > [](https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1148953377977634816) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/"},"headline":"Megan Rapinoe Had the Perfect Response When the U.S. Soccer President Was Drowned Out by 'Equal Pay' Chants at Team USA's Victory Parade","datePublished":"2019-07-10T17:38:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:52:43.156Z","description":"Carlos Cordeiro also flubbed Rapinoe's name during his speech","url":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/","keywords":["Soccer","New York","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd695b884fad459/6989ffc1b21a9c3898502064/womens-team-parade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd695b884fad459/6989ffc1b21a9c3898502064/womens-team-parade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Women's Team parade","caption":"Megan Rapinoe","creditText":"Richard Drew—AP","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/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/","name":"Megan Rapinoe Had the Perfect Response When the U.S. Soccer President Was Drowned Out by 'Equal Pay' Chants at Team USA's Victory Parade"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"NY Governor Cuomo Signs Equal Pay Bill Into Law","description":"NY Governor Cuomo Signs Equal Pay Bill Into Law","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/11i7FT1C/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-07-10T17:40:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/11i7FT1C.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/","duration":"PT1M42S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5623697/us-soccer-equal-pay-megan-rapinoe/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```