The US Men’s soccer team was defeated this week by Belgium after advancing to the round of 16 in the Men’s World Cup.The men’s team, who always showed pure class, opened their matches by SINGING the National Anthem and then ending each match with a group prayer in the middle of the field, or pitch.Because of the popularity of the men’s game, the US team was awarded a payout of $12.8 million.But because of the equal pay collective bargaining agreements, the men will have to hand over HALF of their winnings to the US Women’s team – a bunch of far-left, America-hating radicals who disrespected their country during the National Anthem at their games.Several women on the US soccer team in 2021 turned their backs on the US flag as 98-year-old WWII veteran Pete DuPré played the national anthem on a harmonica.The US women’s team took a knee before their matches at the Olympics.Ungrateful US Women’s team takes a knee during the National Anthem at the Olympics in 2021.The women did absolutely NOTHING to deserve this payday.Democrats in the US House of Representatives passed an “equal pay” bill back in December 2022 that ensured that the women would get a share of the men’s earnings.Women’s soccer does not even bring in one-tenth of the men’s earnings.The bill ensured equal compensation for U.S. women competing in international events. This legislation that came out of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s long battle to be paid as much as the men – despite not earning it.The U.S. Men’s National Team battled their way through the group stage, notched a historic knockout victory over Bosnia, and pushed all the way to the Round of 16 before falling 4-1 to Belgium in Seattle. For that performance, FIFA cut them a $16 million prize check.But thanks to the radical 2022 equal pay collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a big slice of that money isn’t staying with the men who earned it on the pitch.It’s being split with the U.S. Women’s National Team, who won’t even suit up for a World Cup match until 2027.U.S. Soccer keeps 20% of the $16 million. The rest gets divided evenly between the 26-player USMNT roster and the 26-player USWNT roster under the pooling system created by the CBA. That works out to roughly $246,000 per player on each side from this payout alone.The same revenue-sharing formula will apply after the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Should the U.S. women qualify and earn prize money, the men’s player pool will likewise receive an equal share under the agreement although it will be much, much less.The deal, sold to the public as a “landmark” victory for equity, pools prize money across the men’s 2026 and women’s 2027 tournaments. So the guys who actually competed and delivered results this summer are subsidizing the women’s side even though the women played zero games in this cycle.As The Gateway Pundit reported throughout the tournament, the USMNT gave America something to cheer about.They stood with hands over hearts for the national anthem. They gathered in prayer on the field after big wins, openly displaying the Christian faith and patriotism that used to be normal in American sports.The same can’t be said for the activist wing of the women’s program. This equal pay scheme was the endgame of years of lawsuits and pressure led by players like Megan Rapinoe, the purple-haired, anti-American SJW we’ve covered for years for her divisive stunts, Trump-hating rants, and political theater.VP for Strategy Risk, Melissa Chen, said it best:The US men’s national soccer team is being subjected to the same kind of legalized plunder that defines too many divorce proceedings in this country.After grinding through qualifiers, earning their spot in the World Cup, and generating the massive FIFA payout that only the men’s game can produce ($12.8 million in this case), the players are now forced to hand over a huge chunk of that money to the women’s team under the “equal pay” collective bargaining agreement.The women didn’t play a single minute of those matches, didn’t draw the crowds, didn’t sell the tickets, and didn’t create the revenue – yet they still get a cut of the men’s prize money while the reverse transfer remains a fraction. Yes the women are more successful (having won the Women’s World Cup several times) but the prize is much smaller. Why? It reflects differences in global interest, sponsorship, viewership and actual performance.This is all under the guise of “parity” between “equivalent work.” But in reality, it’s more like subsidizing one program with the output of the other, just like the ex-spouse cashing checks from earnings she didn’t generate.“Equal pay” sounds noble until you realize it erases differences in market value, risk, audience draw, and results. It disincentivizes excellence on the men’s side (why push harder if your windfall gets redistributed?) and removes pressure on the women’s side to grow their own commercial appeal.Like divorce settlements that trap high-earners in perpetual support roles, this policy treats men’s soccer as a piggy bank for “fairness,” not a business rewarding what fans and sponsors actually value.The US men’s national soccer team is being subjected to the same kind of legalized plunder that defines too many divorce proceedings in this country.After grinding through qualifiers, earning their spot in the World Cup, and generating the massive FIFA payout that only the… https://t.co/ZnSJjDHcbD— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) July 9, 2026The US men's national soccer team is being subjected to the same kind of legalized plunder that defines too many divorce proceedings in this country.After grinding through qualifiers, earning their spot in the World Cup, and generating the massive FIFA payout that only the… https://t.co/ZnSJjDHcbD— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) July 9, 2026 The post US Women’s Soccer Team TAKE HALF of US Men’s Team FIFA Payout of $12.8 Million – After Doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to Deserve It appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.