There’s no talk of boycott. At least not yet.

More than 40 international women’s soccer stars are suing FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association over conditions of the 2015 World Cup fields. The players claim that playing on artificial turf instead of grass — which every men’s World Cup has been played on since 1930 — is considered gender discrimination and violates Canadian law.

Wednesday, players — including Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan and FIFA Player of the Year Nadine Angerer of Germany — filed their lawsuit in a human rights tribunal in Ontario and requested to expedite proceedings.

But there’s no talk of boycotting next summer’s tournament.

“Our focus right now is on the lawsuit,” Angerer said on a conference call with reporters Thursday morning. “None of us talked about anything beyond that. I think the FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association should give us the best opportunity to play our game and show our best performance and give us the best opportunity. But we’ve never talked about boycotting the World Cup.”

It would be hard for the best players in women’s soccer to sit out of their sport’s premier event. It’s the No. 1 marketing tool in the women’s game, despite the surface. There’s a higher risk of injury, but the average viewer might not know that. So they won’t sit out. They’ll play.

But if this were a battle the men were fighting, it would be a different story.

“Women would play on a field of glass and nails for the World Cup,” said Carrie Serwetnyk, a former member of the Canadian national team and the first female inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. “They’re spirited and dedicated and mentally tough. And that’s the problem. Women will step up.

“Artificial turf? Sure we’ll do that. Glass? Nails? We’ll do that because we love the game. The CSA and FIFA are getting away with putting the players on artificial turf. And they know they can’t do that with the men. The men would boycott and it just would not happen. So they’re putting them in an unfortunate position where of course they’re going to show up and play.”

In a blog post published on ESPNW earlier this week, former U.S. women’s national team member Julie Foudy expressed her frustration with the turf issue. Canada was the only country to bid on the 2015 World Cup and the bid included playing on turf. She understands that, but argues FIFA should grant the players grass not because of gender discrimination or any other pressure, but because it is the right thing to do for the game.

“Because when Canada makes that 2026 men’s World Cup bid, which the country has publicly and repeatedly said it will, I would bet my left lung that their bid will include all-grass venues,” Foudy writes. “Of course it will; it is the right thing to do.”