During Dr. Bob Contiguglia‘s tenure as U.S. Soccer President from August 1998 to March 2006, the USA suffered the al-Qaeda terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the SARS outbreakin China led to the USA hosting the 2003 Women’s World Cup on short notice. Also during Dr. Contiguglia’s presidency, the USA hosted and won the 1999 Women’s World Cup and the men reached thequarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup. A kidney specialist M.D. who ran a private practice in Denver through 2007, Dr. Contiguglia is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of ColoradoHealth Sciences Center, serves on the Board of Directors of Colorado Public Radio, and is co-chair of the World Cup Denver 2026 bid committee. Bob continues his youth coaching with Real Colorado.
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