As millions of people around the world tune in for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup this week, second gentleman Doug Emhoff will be in New Zealand representing the U.S.
Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, departed Monday for New Zealand, where he will lead the U.S. delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Women's World Cup later this week.
Emhoff will also attend the U.S. Women's National Team's first World Cup game on Friday against Vietnam."I'm going to be rooting so hard," Emhoff said Monday on"ABCNews.comEmhoff, a father of two, described attending the World Cup on behalf of the U.S. as a full-circle moment from when he used to coach and referee his own kids' games. Emhoff also played soccer himself as a child.
"I was a soccer dad ... [a coach] with my kids and then I became a referee wearing that yellow outfit with the whistle and those short shorts and the big socks," Emhoff said, with a laugh."To go from that on those fields, watching all these kids play and the parents rooting them on, to now be representing our country on this presidential delegation and seeing all these athletes now representing their countries, I'm just so honored and proud to be here.
He is scheduled to deliver remarks to young women and girls as part of a panel discussion on gender equity and women in sports.with a new agreement that sees them receiving the same pay, including appearance fees and game bonuses, and the same working conditions as the U.S. Men's National Team.Team USA poses for a photo before a FIFA Women's World Cup send-off soccer match against Wales in San Jose, Calif., July 9, 2023.
The two teams will also pool their World Cup prize money, which is unequally distributed by FIFA, the international governing body, and share the money equally, becoming the first soccer federation in the world to do so, according to a collective bargaining agreement announced by U.S. soccer and the unions for both the men's and women's teams.
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