Carlos Cordeiro has resigned as president of the United States Soccer Federation, effective immediately. Cordeiro sent out a statement tonight informing media and fans that he would be stepping down.
The letter in full is below.
Cordeiro’s resignation comes on the heels of widespread protest at the legal tactics used on USSF’s behalf in their equal pay dispute with the women’s national team, including former WNT player and current Athlete Council member Heather O’Reilly stating publicly that she regrets voting for Cordeiro.
Though they had other strategies at their disposal, USSF’s lawyers leaned hard on a pernicious line of questioning that argued that because women were not as fast or as strong as men, they could never perform the same job as players.