U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro apologizes for 'offense and pain caused by language'...

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With the sports world collectively recoiling at the language used by U.S. Soccer in its latest equal pay lawsuit filing — specifically, the argument that men's players having superior “ability” is “indisputable science” — federation president Carlos Cordeiro is now apologizing for it. Cordeiro said, via an official statement sent out Wednesday evening: “On behalf of U.S. Soccer, I sincerely apologize for the offense and pain caused by language in this week's court filing, which did not reflect the values of our Federation or our tremendous admiration of our Women's National Team.

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