The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is a full member of FIFA and governs American soccer at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams, Major League Soccer, National Women's Soccer League, youth organizations, beach soccer, futsal, Paralympic, and deaf national teams. U.S. Soccer sanctions referees and soccer tournaments for most soccer leagues in the United States. The U.S. Soccer Federation also administers and operates the U.S. Open Cup and the SheBelieves Cup.
Latin American Canadians, sometimes also referred to as Spanish Canadians, are Canadians who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America. The majority of Latin American Canadians are multilingual, primarily speaking Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Most are fluent in one or both of Canada's two official languages, English and French. Spanish and Portuguese are Romance languages and share similarities in morphology and syntax with French.
Edson Cordeiro is a Brazilian sopranist countertenor and pop and jazz singer.
Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone is an American soccer executive and president of the United States Soccer Federation. A former professional soccer player, she is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup champion. As head coach in 2013, Parlow Cone led the Portland Thorns FC to clinch the inaugural National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) championship title.
Sunil Gulati is an American sports administrator who presided over the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) from 2006 to 2018. On April 19, 2013, he was elected to a four-year term on the FIFA Council. In March 2014, he was unanimously reelected to a record third four-year term as USSF president, having been elected initially in 2006 and reelected again in 2010. Gulati is also a senior lecturer in the economics department of Columbia University. He is the former president of Kraft Soccer for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include:
André Cordeiro is a retired freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
New Hope Christian College is a private Bible college in Eugene, Oregon. It has a curriculum that centers on the vocational application of Biblical training including pastoral studies, Christian counseling, Christian education, intercultural studies, business, worship arts, and youth ministry.
Leonardo Santos Cordeiro is a Brazilian racing driver.
Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza, known as Marcelo Cordeiro or simply Cordeiro, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is the current assistant coach of Guarani.
FC Wichita is a soccer club based in Wichita, Kansas that plays in USL League Two's Heartland Conference. The club was a member of the Heartland Conference in the National Premier Soccer League, a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, up until the end of the 2019 season.
Lucas dos Santos Cordeiro is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro is professional football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder, predominantly in Portugal's lower leagues. He had a briefly spell in the Norwegian football before retiring.
The 2018 United States Soccer Federation presidential election was held in February 2018 to determine the next President of the United States Soccer Federation. Having served as President since 2006, incumbent Sunil Gulati decided not to run for re-election, after the United States men's national soccer team failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1986.
Kathy Carter is an American sports executive and former soccer player who is the former chief executive officer of Soccer United Marketing. Carter was considered a possible candidate for president of the United States Soccer Federation before Carlos Cordeiro won the job in the USSF Presidential Election, which took place on February 10, 2017.
Carlos Cordeiro is an Indian-born American sports executive. He was the president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) from February 10, 2018 until March 12, 2020 when he resigned after criticism over the legal stance taken by U.S. Soccer under his administration towards the U.S. women's national team. In 2021, he was appointed the Senior Advisor to FIFA for Global Strategy and Governance and later the Senior Advisor to the FIFA President.
Newtown Pride FC is an amateur American soccer team based in the Sandy Hook, part of Newtown, Connecticut. The team plays in the Connecticut Soccer League.
Chevan Cordeiro is an American professional football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and at San Jose State Spartans.
