The real value of record contracts and highest-paid women’s soccer players: Down to Business column

Last week, Catarina Macario reset the market. The U.S. women’s national team forward signed a record-breaking five-year deal with the San Diego Wave of the NWSL after leaving English club Chelsea. Reportedly worth $8 million, it is the richest contract in women’s soccer history. But the headline only tells part of the story, and its value goes far beyond the number attached to it. At first glance, financial records are being broken every few months (or weeks) in women’s soccer as the sport rapid

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