The Seattle Sounders players wore T-shirts before a match Sunday that read “ Club World Cup Ca$h Grab ” to demand a share of the prize money for participating in the upcoming international tournament.

The Sounders, one of 32 teams set to play in the Club World Cup later this month, wore the shirts before kickoff of their match against Minnesota United.

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Major League Soccer's Players Association issued a statement in solidarity with the protest.

“FIFA's new tournament piles on to players' ever-increasing workload without regard to their physical well-being. In order to seize this additional calendar territory, FIFA had to commit historic amounts of prize money to secure club and player participation,” the MLSP

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