U.S. Soccer Federation vice president Carlos Cordeiro threw his hat into the ring Tuesday for the election to take the governing body’s top seat.
Cordeiro has been in the vice presidential role since February 2016. He previously served as an independent member of the governing body’s board of directors.
The Harvard-trained, former Goldman Sachs executive has long been seen as a right-hand man to Federation president Sunil Gulati. Now he is aiming for Gulati’s job.
Other confirmed candidates so far, according to various reports, include Massachusetts-based attorney Steven Gans; soccer administrator Paul Lapointe; former U.