The women’s agreement runs through this December. The men’s contract expired in December 2018. The unions for the men and women are separate and they have no obligation under federal labor law to bargain jointly or to agree to similar terms. The offers are the latest salvo by the federation to address the highly successful women team’s demands for compensation equitable to what the men’s team receives. But the governing body also said it would refuse to agree to a deal in which World Cup prize money is not equalized. Soccer said Tuesday it offered identical contracts to the players’ associations for the men’s and women’s national teams.
