So, I finally ran into an article that actually digs into the discrepancy between the mens and womens pay. The article tried to be anti-mens team, but it revealed what I had figured the situation was. The MWC has prize money of $38M and the WWC is $4M ($2M when they signed their deal)....................So, the US federation or whatever it's called gets WAYYY the ***** less from FIFA to pay them.
The women get salaries. The men is all based on bonuses (which the women also get - but they actually DID get because they won the WC and the men didn't even make it!) So, it's the bonuses that are unequal - due to the amount brought into FIFA being way different.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/jun/28/revealed-the-731003-gender-pay-gap-in-us-world-cup-bonuses