As U.S. women’s national team members won a victory Friday in federal court with a judge certifying a class of players suing U.S. Soccer over equal pay, the lawyer for the men’s national team came out swinging against the federation, too.



Mark Levinstein, acting executive director and general counsel for the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association, said the women deserved a better deal, not just an equal one, than the one the men currently play under; and he blasted the governing body.



“The problem with the United States Soccer Federation… is they care more about money than they care about soccer in this country — money for them and money for the MLS,” Levinstein said. “That’s their No. 1 priority. And they’re good at some things having to do with generating money and they’re not good at the rest. The only thing amateur in U.S. Soccer at this point are the people who are running it. That’s what...