The U.S. Soccer Federation and the 28 past and present U.S. Women’s National Team members suing their governing body over their compensation can agree on one legal point at least: they don’t want Hope Solo as part of their mediation.



In legal motions filed Friday in U.S. District Court for Northern California, the USWNT through forward Alex Morgan, and the USSF, each rebuffed Solo’s July 22 legal pitch to join the “equal-pay” mediation that they agreed to last month. Solo, who individually sued the USSF over equal pay issues last year, charged in her motion the USWNT would not withstand the federation’s pressure without her intervention.



Morgan and her peers do not appear to have taken kindly to that suggestion.



“It is regrettable that Solo has chosen to challenge the fortitude of the Morgan Case Plaintiffs to adequately represent the class,” her motion said. “The Morgan Plaintiffs are all World Champions...