Last week we reported on the exclusion of Latinos from the U.S. Soccer Youth Task Force, which the federation launched nearly a year ago. It includes six Working Groups, which brings to 59 the number ofpeople working on the Task Force. Each of the Working Groups includes one member of U.S. Soccer’s Athlete Council, which consists of 20 athletes who control 20 percent of the Federation vote and have three spots on U.S. Soccer’s Board of Directors. The Athlete Council members, whoseeligibility is based on national team participation, are nominated and elected by their peers. Landon Donovan was elected to the Athlete’s Council in November of 2018.
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