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Former Goldman Sachs Executive Carlos Cordeiro Elected USSF President After Contentious Election

Carlos Cordeiro the new president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).  (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Bongarts/Getty Images)

On a third ballot, Carlos Cordeiro won the election to replace Sunil Gulati as president of the United States Soccer Federation. Sixty-one-year-old Cordeiro has served as vice president of the federation since 2016 and has sat on the board of directors for over a decade.

A quick analysis of the voting over the three ballots showed an initial 70/30 pattern in favor of the establishment candidates versus the reformers. By the third round, it had moved closer to an 80/20 split with some reformers reading the direction the wind was blowing.

Note: *Paul Caligiuri, Michael Winograd ll dropped from the ballot during the first two rounds of voting.

Cordeiro announced his candidacy for the leading position in US soccer prior to Gulati’s decision not to run for a fourth term. The move allowed Cordeiro to mitigate any accusation that he might not be his own man.

Gulati never endorsed a candidate but was widely felt to have favored Kathy Carter, president of Soccer United Marketing the marketing arm of Major League Soccer and the exclusive marketing partner of the United States Soccer Federation.

Carter was the eighth candidate to join the field and drew many of the attacks by the six reform candidates and their supporters while Cordeiro cruised through the process by keeping a low profile.

Cordeiro, of self-proclaimed Colombian-Portuguese-Indian heritage, arrived in the US with his widowed mother as a 15-year-old. The majority of his business career was spent with Goldman Sachs and he served as Vice-Chairman Asia. Cordeiro continues to be associated with the company through a position as an honorary advisor.

The final vote was an overwhelming endorsement for an establishment candidate rather than some inexperienced but well-intentioned candidates.

Of course, elections do not solve problems and the USSF election showed that it has more than a few to deal with.

Despite how it ended the Gulati years were largely ones of progress and of establishing deep roots in the US sporting landscape.

Cordeiro needs to move quickly to implement his public platform while unifying a sport that historically in the US has been more about protecting fiefdoms than moving forward together.

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Carlos Cordeiro the new president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).  (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Bongarts/Getty Images)

On a third ballot, Carlos Cordeiro won the election to replace Sunil Gulati as president of the United States Soccer Federation. Sixty-one-year-old Cordeiro has served as vice president of the federation since 2016 and has sat on the board of directors for over a decade.

A quick analysis of the voting over the three ballots showed an initial 70/30 pattern in favor of the establishment candidates versus the reformers. By the third round, it had moved closer to an 80/20 split with some reformers reading the direction the wind was blowing.

Note: *Paul Caligiuri, Michael Winograd ll dropped from the ballot during the first two rounds of voting.

Cordeiro announced his candidacy for the leading position in US soccer prior to Gulati’s decision not to run for a fourth term. The move allowed Cordeiro to mitigate any accusation that he might not be his own man.

Gulati never endorsed a candidate but was widely felt to have favored Kathy Carter, president of Soccer United Marketing the marketing arm of Major League Soccer and the exclusive marketing partner of the United States Soccer Federation.

Carter was the eighth candidate to join the field and drew many of the attacks by the six reform candidates and their supporters while Cordeiro cruised through the process by keeping a low profile.

Cordeiro, of self-proclaimed Colombian-Portuguese-Indian heritage, arrived in the US with his widowed mother as a 15-year-old. The majority of his business career was spent with Goldman Sachs and he served as Vice-Chairman Asia. Cordeiro continues to be associated with the company through a position as an honorary advisor.

The final vote was an overwhelming endorsement for an establishment candidate rather than some inexperienced but well-intentioned candidates.

Of course, elections do not solve problems and the USSF election showed that it has more than a few to deal with.

Despite how it ended the Gulati years were largely ones of progress and of establishing deep roots in the US sporting landscape.

Cordeiro needs to move quickly to implement his public platform while unifying a sport that historically in the US has been more about protecting fiefdoms than moving forward together.

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