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\"We have the one in the back from before,\" she said of the 2015 victory. \"It doesn’t really feel like we’re defending that one, we’re trying to get something else.\"

The U.S. Women's National Team is defending their World Cup title just months after they sued the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for gender discrimination.

The team filed the lawsuit in California in March, on International Women's Day, after years of public battles with the USWNT for equal pay and conditions. The players blasted the sport's governing body for allegedly paying mere \"lip service\" to gender equality and dishing out markedly more pay to the decidedly less successful men's team.

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PHOTO: Megan Rapinoe reacts after scoring a goal as she celebrates with teammates Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd of USA against Mexico, Oct. 4, 2018 in Cary, N.C.
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The players said earlier they had no plans to boycott the World Cup while the lawsuit plays out.

\"We know in our hearts, and we know with the facts that we have, that we’re on the right side of this,\" Rapinoe told \"GMA\" in March. \"I don't think anyone can argue that there's gender inequities in this world, that there’s a pay gap, that there's pay discrepancies.\"

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