Carlos Cordeiro, the U.S. Soccer vice president since 2016, was elected the next U.S. Soccer president, winning on the third ballot. Cordeiro, who was born in India of Goanand Colombian presidents, moved to Miami as a teenager. He retired as a Goldman Sachs executive in 2001 and became the first independent director of U.S. Soccer […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: Here's how it works
U.S. Soccer’s membership will pick the next president Saturday to succeed Sunil Gulati at its National Council Meeting in Orlando. The eight candidates are: U.S. Soccer presidential candidates: Paul Caligiuri, Former U.S. international Kathy Carter, SUM presidentCarlos Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer vice president Steve Gans, Boston attorney and soccer consultant Kyle Martino, NBC sports analyst and […]
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Opposition candidates try to stop Carter-Cordeiro train before it leaves station
Six U.S. Soccer presidential candidates met Thursday night to try to reach an agreement on a statement to National Council voters in Saturday’s election urging them to support one of the six if theywant change. The meeting was attended by six candidates and/oroperatives from their campaigns: Paul Caligiuri, Steve Gans, Kyle Martino, Hope Solo, Michael […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential race: Path to victory
Anyone who tells you they know who’s going to be the next U.S. Soccer is pulling your leg. All kinds of first-ballot projections are getting tossed around, and they are pure guesswork.Making heads or tails of the election might seem difficult — who votes, how the votes are weighted — but it is not that […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential race: 1994 election in trivia
Four years after unseating Werner Fricker for U.S. Soccer president, Alan Rothenberg ran for re-election. The 1994 AGM in San Diego came a month after the wildly successfulWorld Cup USA 1994 — record attendance, heightened interest in soccer across the country and a better-than-expected U.S. finish — whose organizing committee Rothenberg ran. Amazingly,Rothenberg almost lost. […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election in brief
When: Saturday, at National Council Meeting (schedule) Where: Renaissance at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla. How to watch: ussoccer.com | YouTube | Facebook Nut and bolts: How electionworks | Who votes
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NASL's legal barrage continues with suit against U.S. Soccer's board of directors
U.S. Soccer’s board of directors have been dragged into the barrage of legal actions filed by the NASL or those with ties to the NASL. In the latest one, the NASL filed a civil lawsuit inNew York County (Manhattan) court against 14 of the 15 voting members of U.S. Soccer’s board of directors and secretary […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential race: 1990 election in trivia
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 […]