Cindy Parlow Cone battles predecessor Carlos Cordeiro for USSF re-election

Current U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone is facing a re-election conflict from predecessor Carlos Cordeiro and insists she is “the proper individual to steer".

This become Cone’s first declaration because the USSF introduced she and Cordeiro could both feature on the company’s presidential ballot all through the Annual General Meeting in early March.

Cone stated: "I honestly feel that I'm the right individual to keep to steer U.S. Soccer at the moment. I assume we want to continue to look ahead, no longer backward. We have quite a few stability and momentum shifting proper now. I'm all in, and retain to pour my coronary heart and soul into U.S. Soccer for the next range of years.

“Obviously, we have faced a few extremely good demanding situations, and I think I've led the enterprise with integrity and honesty. I took on this role, and I'm strolling for election because of my love of the game and my notion inside the future of the game, and I trust in U.S. Soccer."

Cone took over as president in March 2020 after Cordeiro resigned amid a backlash to court docket filings regarding the identical pay lawsuit filed by contributors of the U.S. Ladies's national team.

In one of the files of the court docket filings, the us under Cordeiro and its lawyers underestimated the gamers with the aid of insisting they "do no longer carry out same work requiring same skill and attempt" due to the fact "the general football-gambling ability required to compete at the senior men's countrywide team degree is materially stimulated by means of the level of certain bodily attributes along with speed and electricity".

Cordeiro later admitted on the time he didn't assessment the courtroom documents filed by legal professionals, but took duty for the filing's language.

After several months of scrutiny, Cone eventually took over and become re-elected while walking unopposed in 2021 to finish out Cordeiro's term.

Now, Cordeiro has decided to run again for his vintage process.

He introduced his candidacy within the first week of January 2022, revealing: "Extreme budget and personnel cuts -- beyond what changed into required by using the pandemic -- have made it tougher to rebuild for the destiny. After nearly two years, the contemporary U.S. Soccer management has nevertheless now not resolved the numerous court cases dealing with the federation..."