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The Awful Optics of Carlos Cordeiro’s Attempt to Reclaim U.S. Soccer’s Presidency

The options for the U.S. Soccer Federation and its voting members have come into full focus: either stay the course, or revert.

U.S. Soccer confirmed Monday that incumbent Cindy Parlow Cone and former holder-of-office Carlos Cordeiro are the only two candidates running for the unpaid position of federation president at the annual general meeting in Atlanta on March 5, four years after eight individuals (Cordeiro, Kathy Carter, Eric Wynalda, Kyle Martino, Hope Solo, Steve Gans, Michael Winograd, Paul Caligiuri) sought the role and secured the necessary nominations to be able to run.

The circumstances then were significantly different.