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Lloyd: Football's gender pay gap won't be closed in my lifetime
Carli Lloyd

Carli Lloyd said today that women won’t close football’s gender pay gap “in my lifetime.”

The United States will play Scotland tonight in a friendly and, speaking prior to the game, Lloyd was pessimistic about players in the women’s game getting parity in terms of pay.

With figures released showing how much male clubs pay their players, there were once again calls for those in the women’s game to get a significant pay rise.

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