The last time U.S. Soccer held a contested presidential election in Orlando, Alan Rothenberg unseated incumbent Werner Fricker in 1990. Few in the soccer community had heardof Rothenberg, a Los Angeles attorney whose work in soccer had dated back to his work for Jack Kent Cooke and the Los Angeles Wolves of the United Soccer […]
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Talk of the race
“They’re all politicking. All eight of them are saying what we want to hear.” — Minnesota Youth Soccer Association president Steve May, expressing frustration at theU.S. Soccer presidential election process. If May had a “magic wand,” he’d like U.S. Soccer vice president Carlos Cordeiro to become the president and a special election to be held […]
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The first 100 days: Advice to the next U.S Soccer president
Looking at the title, one might think that I am presumptuous, arrogant and even pompous. I have listened to all eight candidates in Philadelphia during the United Soccer Coaches Convention and meta few of them in person. All of them have different levels of understanding on how to run a federation. All of them are […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential race: The Sunil speech
Outgoing U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati gave a 17-minute speech at the 2018 US Youth Soccer gala dinner in Philadelphia on Jan. 20. January 19, 2018
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: United Soccer Coaches issues a call for unity
United Soccer Coaches, which has one vote as an associate member at U.S. Soccer’s National Council that will decide the presidential election on Feb. 10, has issued a call for the candidates to unitethe entire soccer family. Its statement, signed by new president Lesle Gallimore, CEO Lynn Berling-Manuel and other United Soccer Coaches leaders, asks […]
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USOC complaint: Hope Solo takes on U.S. Soccer again
Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, one of eight candidates for U.S. Soccer president, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Olympic Committee against the federation.
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: First members of new Fan Council picked
The new Fan Council that gives American soccer fans a seat at U.S. Soccer’s National Council, which will select the next president on Feb. 10, named its first five members: Ashley Brown,Marcus Cranston, Kimberly Kershaw, Jessica Malone and Chris Wixson. Cranston, Malone and Wixson are involved in their American Outlaws chapters. Two will beselected to […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: How the candidates fared in Philly
The United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia was the last chance for the eight U.S. Soccer presidential candidates to make a case to the soccer community before they head to Orlando for theNational Council on Feb. 10. A little background: Thousands of coaches were in attendance at the convention, though only a fraction of them […]
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Gulati finds a lot of the talk around the election 'depressing and disgusting'
In a rare pubic address, outgoing U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati sent more than an hour at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia talking about a host of soccer topics,including the state of American soccer and the race to succeed him as president. Gulati, who took part in a Q&A with Fox Sports’ Alexi […]
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What They're Saying: Kathy Carter
“Welcome to my world.” — U.S. Soccer presidential candidate Kathy Carter, on leave from her position as SUM president, on what she thought of the comments by SalRapaglia, the 76-year-old Eastern New York State Soccer Association president who supports her, repeatedly calling her a “girl” in an interview with SI.com.