'We've seen the power of a united voice when all these countries and all these players and all these stakeholders come together,' she added. 'It's been years and years of groundwork and a united voice,' said Rebecca Sowden, who played for New Zealand and is the founder of Team Heroine, a women's sport marketing and sponsorship consultancy. Rapinoe was vocal in supporting Canada's fight, and the U.S., England and Japan all wore purple wristbands and tape during games earlier in the year in support of that cause. 'Players are talking about it and even when they're subjected to the kind of discrimination and unequal treatment, they're still speaking out.' 'Obviously all of the teams are using their voices a lot more,' said Megan Rapinoe, who has helped the U.S.

While the governance battles rage on among other teams, players have forged strong bonds regardless of what country's colours they wear, finding allies in each other. Veteran Alex Morgan said last week she and some of her team mates had received their first settlement check in the mail days earlier, which promoted newcomer Naomi Girma to joke that she did not get one. women also won the Arthur Ashe Award at the ESPYS on Wednesday for the courage they showed in their pay equity battle, settling a lawsuit for $24 million. Soccer, which failed to put in 'basic measures' to safeguard players, according to the report, subsequently said it was introducing a more thorough vetting system for coaches and officials as part of reforms. The trailblazers in the struggle have been from the United States, where players last year called for an overhaul at the National Women's Soccer League after a report found that abuse and sexual misconduct spanned multiple teams and coaches. 'They are the generation that needs to see that fight come to a close so that the ones that come after them will never have to know the struggle.' AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS 'This generation of players who have grown the game, literally put the game on their backs and gotten it to the point where it's at now, I think they're just sick of struggling,' said FIFPRO's Sarah Gregorius. Baer-Hoffman said England are one of about a dozen teams who are still in negotiations around compensation and prize money, including the minimum $30,000 FIFA will pay each player.

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