Name: Stephen Colbert celebrates the U.S. women's national soccer team winning equal pay
Uploaded: 2022-02-23T06:55:49+00:00
Description: The U.S. Soccer Federation has settled with the women's players and agreed to give them equal pay — also giving Late Show host Stephen Colbert the opportunity to deliver a sick burn to the national men's team.

Stephen Colbert celebrates the U.S. women's national soccer team winning equal pay

He also issues a sick burn to the men's team.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by female players regarding equal pay, potentially ending the lengthy dispute. In addition to promising to equalise pay between the men's and women's national teams, the settlement will include $24 million to be distributed among several female players — most of which will be backpay.

"They're admitting it: Men and women's soccer pay has been unequal for years — kind of like their World Cup victories," quipped Late Show host Stephen Colbert as a graphic compared the national women's team's four wins to the men's zero. Burn.