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Hope Solo enters race for US Soccer’s top job

Hope Solo

December 8 – Hope Solo, the United States’ World Cup-winning goalkeeper, has thrown her hat into the ring for presidency of the US Soccer Federation, taking the number of declared candidates to eight.

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FIFA

Gulati calls an end to his US presidency after 12 years at the top

December 5 – After considerable reflection Sunil Gulati has ruled himself out of contesting the presidential election for the US Soccer Federation (USSF). Gulati is standing aside after the United States’ abject failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and having been head of the USSF for 12 years.

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Football Americas

MLS shortlists Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville and Sacramento for next two league slots

Don Garber3

November 30 – The MLS has named four finalist cities for the league’s two expansion slots in 2018. Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville and Sacramento will make formal presentation to the league’s expansion committee December 6, before being discussed at a Board of Governors meeting on December 14.

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Football Americas

Vote opens as CONCACAF unveils nominees for 2017 awards, a mix of old and new

November 12 – CONCACAF has released the nominees for its 2017 awards, the fifth time the confederation has held the awards for performances based in its competitions.

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Football Americas

Real Salt Lake to launch pro women’s team in NWSL in 2018 season

November 20 – The National Women’s Soccer League in the US have announced that MLS club Real Salt Lake will launch a new women’s team in the NWSL for the 2018 season.

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Football Americas

USL debutant Fresno link with MLS’s Vancouver Whitecaps to boost player pool

November 20 – Fresno FC, who debut in the second tier USL in 2018, have become the official affiliate of Major League Soccer’s Canadian franchise Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Football Americas

North Carolina exits NASL to continue D2 play in the USL for 2018 season

November 17 – The United Soccer League (USL), the second tier of US professional football announced their third expansion team in a week for the 2018 season. North Carolina FC are exiting the under pressure North American Soccer League (NASL) – stripped of its second tier status for next season by the US Soccer Federation – to continue Division 2 play in the USL.

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Football Americas

CONCACAF revamps competitions with unveiling of three division League of Nations

November 17 – UEFA launched its Nations League last month, now CONCACAF has launched its new League of Nations national team competition. Like UEFA’s new format, CONCACAF will also be based their competition on a league structure.

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Football Americas

MLS’s Atlanta United owners to add a second tier team in the USL, Penn  FC join up too

November 16 – Atlanta United owners, currently enjoying a successful first season in the MLS with sell out crowds and a trip to the play-offs, have made their next expansion move by entering a team in the USL, the second tier of US football, for the 2018 season.

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Football Americas

CONCACAF women’s day paves way for a big 2018 of competition

November 13 – CONCACAF, the confederation for North, Central America and the Caribbean, will hold its third annual Women’s Football Day on Saturday, November 18.

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Football Americas

Carlos Cordeiro: the continuity candidate to takeover where Gulati leaves off?

By Paul Nicholson

November 3 – Carlos Cordeiro’s entry into the running to become the next president of the US Soccer Federation (USSF) could signify the reign of incumbent president Sunil Gulati is coming to an end after 12 years in charge.

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Football Americas

No more Cosmos? NASL under threat after losing case against USSF to keep D2 status

By Paul Nicholson

November 6 – The North American Soccer League (NASL) has lost its court bid to retain its Division II status, putting the future of the league in doubt. The NASL has said it will appeal the decision.

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Finance

Columbus Crew primed to set sail for a new soccer world in Austin, Texas

October 19 – One of the MLS’s founding clubs, Columbus Crew, looks set to leave its Columbus, Ohio, home and relocate to Austin, Texas, and a new purpose-built stadium.

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Football Americas

US boss Gulati is caught between Rocco and a hard place

October 18 – The backlash against US Soccer federation president Sunil Gulati (pictured) after the US loss to Trinidad & Tobago that saw them fail to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Russia has continued, and if anything increased in vitriol.

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Football Americas

Arena exits bloody US battleground, but Gulati believes he still has a role to play

By Andrew Warshaw

October 16 – The United States are looking for a national coach once again after Bruce Arena as expected stepped down following the humiliation of the country failing to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1986.

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