The World Cup-champion U.S. team kicks off its five-game “victory tour” at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday. But even this celebratory moment is being affected by the team’s ongoing pay dispute with its employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation.

On July 9, two days after the U.S. team won the World Cup, U.S. Soccer announced a five-game victory tour sponsored by Allstate. That was one game longer than the original four-game plan if the team won the World Cup, which is spelled out in the team’s collective bargaining agreement with a set pay rate for each game.

But the extra game created a compensation issue. As recently as last Friday, U.S. Soccer representatives told players’ representatives that they planned to classify Saturday’s game as a friendly, not a “victory tour” match, said Becca Roux, executive director for the players association.

For a friendly, the players would be paid about two-thirds less than they would be for the four other games on the victory tour, according to the team’s collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer.

Under that agreement, pay rates for friendlies are determined by an opponent’s FIFA ranking. For Saturday’s game against Ireland, ranked No. 33 in the world, each U.S. player would have received $5,250 for a win—and nothing for a tie or a loss.