Secret brand deodorant donates $529,000 to U.S. women's soccer
NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, is now supporting its members' fight for equal pay.
The company, which supports U.S. soccer through its Secret deodorant brand, says it will donate $529,000 — $23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U.S. team that won the World Cup earlier this month — to help close the pay gap. The sponsor took out a full-page ad printed in The New York Times on Sunday urging the U.S. Soccer Federation to “be on the right side of history.”
In March, 28 members of the USWNT sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for alleged gender discrimination. The suit claims the federation pays the women less than members of the men's national team.
