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Carlos Cordeiro Resigns as US Soccer President After USWNT Protest

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The head of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Carlos Cordeiro, is stepping down one day after the women's national team protested the use of sexist and misogynistic language in a legal filing that defended paying the USWNT less than the men's national team.

Cordeiro has served as president of U.S. Soccer since February 2018 and has worked for the federation for the past 13 years.

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