Last Wednesday, the 31st Olympic Games commenced in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 205 countries, along with a team of ten refugees, gathered to participate in a collective 306 events. From synchronized diving to soccer, nations sent their best athletes to bring home medals and pride for their homes.

Among these amazing competitors is America's own U.S Women's National Team, with a roster featuring stars such as Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe, and Carli Lloyd.

It is these women, along with Becky Sauerbrunn, who have been fighting for equity within the U.S Soccer Federation, asking for equal pay for men and women. The women make at least 25% less than their male counterparts, despite being the only ones to win the world cup - three times- and win the gold medal every Olympic games they have participated in, excluding the 2000 games, in which they placed 2nd and took home silver.

Not long after their third World Cup win, Morgan, Solo, Rapinoe, Lloyd, and Sauerbrunn filed a lawsuit against the federation for the disparity in pay. Since then, the movement has received lots of attention from fans- and even Congress- but with no avail from the union.

On May 26th, 2016, the U.S Senate passed a resolution in support of the team, and although it is non-binding, it has placed a large amount of pressure on U.S Soccer and rallied more support for the women's cause- including Barack Obama.

A group of 22 Democrats introduced the motion in early May and earned a unanimous vote. As earlier stated, the resolution does not place any requirements on the federation; it is more symbolic than physical.

Despite it having been almost three months since the resolution's passage, there has been no progress on the case- why is this?

With the only games happening in between the World Cup and the Olympics being within the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and Victory Tour friendlies, the team has not generated a large amount of press coverage- everything they have been doing has been low-profile.

Yesterday, in a 2-2 draw with Colombia, the USWNT entered the quarterfinals at the top of Group G- the men are not even in the running. If the women continue to advance and win, they will gain more support and press. Winning gold would make America the first country to ever win the World Cup and the Olympics back-to-back.

Not only would this bring home another medal for the U.S. but would further prove the women's point of the unfairness of their pay and renew the effort- and with the recent flux of supporters in high positions, would be driven harder.

So for now, soccer fans have to continue to wait and support their team- and hope that they can once again bring home the gold.