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Cordeiro adds White House Task Force senior advisory role to FIFA duties

May 12 – The announcement last week of the personnel on the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 was dominated by US president Donald Trump and the appointment of Andrew Guiliani, son of Trump’s former lawyer and former Mayor of New York Rudy Guiliani.

Buried underneath the political noise and posturing of the Task Force personnel was the news that FIFA also had a representative on key governmental working group.

Concacaf

Parlow Cone hangs on to US Soccer presidency to prevent return of Cordeiro

March 7 – Former US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro failed to win a return to office at the weekend, with Cindy Parlow Cone being elected for a four-year term in the position she inherited when Cordeiro resigned in 2020.

Concacaf

Cordeiro ready to return to US Soccer with promise of equality, leadership and opportunity

By Paul Nicholson

January 6 – Former US Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro is bidding for a comeback, having announced his candidacy for the presidential elections that will be held at the USSF National Council meeting this March.

FIFA

Infantino builds advisory team skill sets with return of Cordeiro to world football

September 3 – World governing body FIFA have appointed former US Soccer chief Carlos Cordeiro as a senior advisor for the organization’s global strategy and governance.

Concacaf

US Soccer president Cordeiro resigns in the aftermath of women’s criticism

March 13 – US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro has resigned following the furious criticism of the language used in its legal filing in the suit brought against it by its women’s team.

Concacaf

US Soccer appoint Markgraf as women’s supremo

August 13 – Kate Markgraf has been appointed general manager of the US women’s team and will immediately lead the search for a new head coach following Jill Ellis’ announcement last month that she is stepping down following the country’s World Cup victory last month.

Concacaf

US women’s pay dispute gets political as federation hires lobbyists

August 8 – US Soccer has enlisted two Washington lobbying firms to argue that the women’s national team is not being underpaid.

Concacaf

Pay negotiations: Cordeiro levels the playing field with numbers reveal, US women cry foul

July 30 – The festering row between the US women’s squad and the United States Soccer Federation over equal pay has intensified after the team ridiculed suggestions that they earn more than the men’s national side.

Concacaf

US boss Cordeiro says door to Conmebol for 2020 is still open but sales windows are closing fast

By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas

March 29 – US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro says the invitation to Conmebol’s 10 federations to play in the US in a 16-team tournament in 2020 is still open, despite Conmebol saying it will host the 2020 edition of the Copa America in Argentina and Colombia.

Concacaf

Cordeiro keeps door to Conmebol calendar talks open

March 15 – US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro’s proposal for an expanded 2020 Copa America may have been rejected by Conmebol, but the US football supremo has said that the invitation to host the tournament is still open.

Concacaf

Exclusive: Cordeiro says door to Conmebol for 2020 in the US is still wide open

By Paul Nicholson

March 5 – The offer by the US Soccer Federation to South America’s 10 national federations to discuss the opportunity of playing a tournament in 2020 in the US is still open, USSF federation president Carlos Cordeiro has told Insideworldfootball.

Concacaf

Concacaf ‘positive’ on Conmebol talks as Cordeiro invites South Americans to Miami

By Paul Nicholson

February 27 – For the second time in a week Concacaf has been moved to issue a statement over the communications of US Soccer Federation (USSF) president Carlos Cordeiro, and to reassure members, sponsors and the region’s football community that the Gold Cup is not under threat of being disbanded.

Concacaf

Concacaf reject Cordeiro’s comments saying future of Gold Cup is not in doubt

By Samindra Kunti

February 20 – Concacaf has reacted swiftly to reject comments made by U.S. Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro that the future of the regional confederation’s Gold Cup was in in doubt.

Concacaf

US boss Cordeiro says Confed Cup is finished and Gold Cup could be next

By Samindra Kunti

February 19 – U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro (pictured) has questioned the future of the Concacaf Gold Cup, revealing the tournament may be shuttered in the near future. Speaking at the annual U.S. Soccer general meeting, Cordeiro said that the FIFA Confederations Cup won’t be played again and that the biennial Gold Cup also could be discontinued.

World Cup 2026 bids

United 2026 bid savours landslide victory as Moroccans left to lick their wounds

By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow

June 14 – So, after months of criss-crossing the globe, how did they manage to win so emphatically? As leaders of the triumphant North American 2026 World Cup bid took in the totally unexpected margin of victory, they were honest enough to admit that even they didn’t expect such an outcome.