Football Australia backs Matildas pay push

A senior Football Australia executive has backed the Matildas’ demands for pay parity for female players and improvements to the FIFA prizemoney gap, as disputes between some teams and national federations threaten to derail their Women’s World Cup campaigns.

The Matildas have used Australia’s status as co-host of the FIFA Women’s World Cup to call out the discrepancy in male and female prizemoney and raise awareness about the pay conditions of other nations who will compete here.