“Sunil, I just wanted to personally thank you. We had an amazing partnership. I really felt that the way we were able to communicate with each other was in a waythat our national team could truly grow. Of course, I speak not just for the women’s side but for the entire program. You are an […]
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Tony Quinn receives the 2019 Colin Jose Media Award
Soccer photographer Tony Quinn, who worked many years forSoccer America covering local, national and international events, has been named recipient of the 2019 Colin Jose Media Award. Quinn, a native of England, will be honored at the 2019National Soccer Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on Sept. 21 at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in […]
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Abby Wambach and Sunil Gulati elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Abby Wambach, who holds the worldrecord for international goals with 184, and Sunil Gulati, U.S. Soccer president for three terms (2006-2018), were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Wambach, who retired in 2015 after the USA won the Women’s World Cup in Canada, was elected in the Players category. […]
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How United 2026 won — five reasons why World Cup is headed to North America
The USA, Canada and Mexico were awarded the hosting rights to the 2026 World Cup. While the outcome was for a while in doubt, United 2026 won in a rout by a vote of 134-65 over Morocco. Here are five reasons why United 2026 won — and won going away … 1. What FIFA wants, […]
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Talk of the 2026 World Cup bid campaign
“We’ve never taken anything for granted in this process. We understand that in a competitive election — and that’s what this is — a lot of different things go into a decision.” —Sunil Gulati, chairman of the United 2026 bid committee, declining to discuss specifics regarding support for the two bidders — United 2026 with […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential race: Kathy Carter, an MLS original
Kathy Carter, the president of Soccer United Marketing, has emerged as a last-minute candidate in the race for U.S. Soccer president. Her entry came less than 24 hours aftercurrent president Sunil Gulati announced he would not seekre-election. Few people have been more closely involved on the business side of soccer for the last quarter century […]
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Reaction: U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati's decision not to seek re-election
Here is some of the reaction on Twitter to U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati‘s decision not to seek re-election in 2018: For those who are new to the sport in this country, @SunilGulati has done as much to advance the sport in thiscountry as anyone and should be acknowledged and celebrated for that. He will […]
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What They're Saying: Sunil Gulati
“Look, the general perception in the soccer community versus the people who vote in elections may be different right now. But the loss to Trinidad was painful, regrettable and led to a lot of strongemotions. And to be honest, I think at this point, that’s overshadowed a lot of other things that are important. So […]
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Sunil Gulati's decision not to seek re-election as U.S. Soccer president is not a surprise
Sunil Gulati told ESPN FC’s Sam Borden on Monday that he won’trun for re-election as U.S. Soccer president. Gulati, who hasbeen the federation’s most influential executive for 30 years, first overseeing the construction of the men’s and women’s national teams in the late 1980’s and serving as president since 2006, madethe decision with eight days […]
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Tweet du jour
“Hearing from several sources tonight that US Soccer president Sunil Gulati is strongly considering not running for re-election and may support Soccer United Marketing president KathyCarter for the position instead.” — SI.com’s Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl via Twitter).