Mark Noonan, former U.S. Soccer and MLS executive, is now CEO of Ghana’s Accra Hearts of Oak — the winner of 20 league titles and 10 Ghanaian FA Cups. Noonan starred forConnecticut’s Staples High School before winning the 1986 NCAA Division I title with Duke. Following his stint as U.S. Soccer’s chief marketing officer, during which he oversaw the marketing of the1999 Women’s World Cup, he served four years (2000-2004) as MLS Executive Vice President of Marketing. He founded FocalSport in 2005 and after his three-year tenure as World Surf League chief commercial officer ended last year he connected via LinkedInwith Heart’s majority owner Togbe Afede XIV, who is also the president of Ghana’s National House of Chiefs and King of the Asogli state. Two months ago, Noonan became Hearts’CEO.
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