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The women’s team got equal pay but not everyone in US soccer is happy

女足获得同工同酬，但美国足球界并非人人欢喜

In much of the soccer world, the US women’s team and players such as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan are beloved superstars and powerful voices for equal rights. Many in the rank-and-file of US Soccer don’t share that sentiment though. In their eyes, the US national teams – particularly the women – are bleeding the federation dry while leaving precious little for grassroots associations charged with overcoming the sport’s stagnation and decline among young players.

在大部分足球世界中，美国女队和梅根·拉皮诺和亚历克斯·摩根等球员都是受人喜爱的超级明星，也是平等权利的有力代言人。不过，美国足球界的许多普通人并不认同这种观点。在他们眼里，美国国家队—尤其是女队—正在让球联血本无归，而基层协会却几乎没有留下什么宝贵的资源来克服这项运动在年轻球员中的停滞和衰退。

That’s one of the takeaways from last week’s US Soccer presidential election, in which incumbent Cindy Cone barely held onto her position – by a margin of 52.9% to 47.1% in the weighted-vote tally – after a strong insurgent campaign by Carlos Cordeiro, who had resigned just two years ago and handed the reins to then vice-president Cone. Cone’s bloc of elite athletes and pro leagues barely held on to power against the state youth and adult associations along with a few other voting entities such as US Youth Soccer.

这是上周美国足球协会主席选举后最大收获，现任主席辛迪·康恩在卡洛斯·科代罗的强烈反击下勉强保住了自己的位置—在加权票数统计中以52.9%对47.1%的优势胜出—卡洛斯两年前刚辞职，将权力交给了当时的副主席康恩。康恩的精英运动员和职业联盟集团在与各州青年和成人协会以及其他一些投票实体（如美国青年足球）的竞争中，勉强保持了权力。