“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).
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If I were the President, Part II
My last article “If I were the President” of U.S. Soccer was aboutmy thoughts on youth development. Now I will talk about what I would do about the professional leagues, coaching and refereeing “if I were the President and end this “If I were”series. 1.If I were the President I would restructure the professional leagues. Coming […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: Candidates take on key youth issues at Chicago event
U.S. Club Soccer hosted a four-hour forum for U.S. Soccer presidential candidates to discuss key youth issues with its board of directors. Four candidates attended the forum in Chicago —Paul Caligiuri, Kyle Martino, Michael Winograd and Eric Wynalda — and a fifth, Steve Gans, participated by telephone. November 28, 2017@kylemartino: “We can create solidarity situations […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: Five candidates slated to appear at U.S. Club Soccer forum
U.S. Club Soccer is hosting a forum for U.S. Soccer presidential candidates on Tuesday in Chicago. Five of the announced candidates are scheduled to attend: Paul Caligiuri Steve Gans Kyle Martino Michael Winograd Eric Wynalda The event will be moderated by U.S. Club Soccer CEO and executive director KevinPayne with participation from the organization’s chairman, Phil […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential candidates tackle promotion-relegation
Pro/rel, the favorite topic of many American fans, was one of the subjects at Saturday’s U.S. Soccer presidential forum GotSoccer hosted in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
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U.S. Soccer presidential candidates forum will be streamed
Five of the seven candidates for U.S. Soccer presidenti are slated to speak Saturday at the GotSoccer/GotPro winter convention in Atlantic Beach, Florida. GotSoccer will stream thepresidential forum at 2:45 p.m. ET: Paul Caligiuri, SteveGans, Paul Lapointe, Mike Winograd and Eric Wynalda will be the speakers. Carlos Cordeiro and Kyle Martino are the other confirmed […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“I think like most people, your initial reaction is, well, I can help. I can do the job. And I quickly walked back from that to considering the realities, which were 1) I’m not remotelyqualified for that job; 2) I would have no idea how to even begin that job; 3) I don’t want to […]
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What They're Saying: Merritt Paulson
“The tendency to just burn everything down, you know, exists. And on sort of a macro level, you look at what’s going on with the U.S. Soccer Federation right now. Obviously, they had an unbelievablehardship in not qualifying, and there’s some good reasons to want change. But there’s a sort of a just-burn-it-all-down mentality that […]
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U.S. Soccer election: Members have until Nov. 27 to withdraw support
U.S. Soccer members have been given until Nov. 27 to withdraw declarations of support for candidates for U.S. Soccer president and then nominate a different candidate. There are currentlyseven people running for president, and that doesn’t include incumbent Sunil Gulati, who has not yet announced whether he is running. But candidates must secure three declarations […]
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Richard Groff: 'We need to keep doing what we do well'
Longtime soccer executive and administrator Richard Groff, 71, grew up playing soccer in Pennsylvania and first became affiliated with soccer administration as an official with the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association in 1986. He began serving as U.S. Soccer Federation treasurer in 1990 and helped organize the U.S. Cup tournament that served a dry run […]