Former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro is reportedly thinking about seeking his old seat again after receiving multiple nominations despite previously resigned amid controversy.
USWNT star Megan Rapinoe reshared ESPN’s report on Twitter Tuesday, highlighting one portion of the story, “'…after resigning under pressure’ or resigned bc he embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels of misogyny?”
Cordeiro was elected as the U.S. Soccer Federation president in 2018, but resigned in March 2020 amid backlash from court filings pertaining to the USWNT equal pay lawsuit. The filing reportedly says they “do not perform equal work requiring equal skill [and] effort” to the men’s team because “the overall soccer-playing ability required to compete at the senior men’s national team level is materially influenced by the level of certain physical attributes such as speed and strength.