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U.S. Soccer’s longtime chief executive, Dan Flynn, will leave the federation next week and be replaced by an interim successor while a search continues for outside candidates to run the organization, which is facing multiple lawsuits, including one by its world champion women’s team, and internal dissent.
Some of the powers long held by Flynn, 64, will shift in the short term to another U.S. Soccer insider, Brian Remedi. He currently serves as the federation’s chief stakeholders officer, a grandly named development and fund-raising role that has allowed him to build relationships with U.