Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Top Women Soccer Stars File EEOC Complaint

Equal play, equal pay.

That's the rallying cry of five members of the United States Women's National Team who Thursday filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The women, who are members of the team that won the World Cup last year, charge the United States Soccer Federation with wage discrimination.

"It has become clear that the Federation has no intention of providing us equal pay for equal work,” said Megan Rapine, who starred at the University of Portland.

Co-captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbaum along with Alex Morgan and Hope Solo also signed on to the complaint.

"The numbers speak for themselves," said Solo, a member of the USWNT for 15 years. "We are the best in the world, have three World Cup Championships, four Olympic Championships, and the USMNT get paid more to just show up, than we get paid to win major championships."

The complaint states that the Men's National Team earned $9,000,000 for losing in the round of 16 while the Women's National Team only earned $2,000,000 for winning the entire tournament.

Lloyd said the players are tired of waiting for things to change.

"We have been quite patient over the years with the belief that the Federation would do the right thing and compensate us fairly," said Lloyd.

This is the latest flash point in an ongoing battle between the women's team and the federation.

"In early January, the Women’s National Team Players Association submitted a reasonable proposal for a new CBA that had equal pay for equal work as its guiding principle," said the lawyer for the players, Jeffrey Kessler.

"U.S. Soccer responded by suing the players in an effort to keep in place the discriminatory and unfair treatment they have endured for years, but are now fighting to end on behalf of all female athletes."

While the complaint was filed by five members of the team, it was done with the consent of all the players.

The EEOC will now conduct an investigation into the complaint.