U.S. Soccer votes to pay USSF president for 1st time – eastpowernews

The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) Nationwide Council voted on Saturday to make the place of USSF president a paid place for the primary time within the federation’s historical past.

The vote came about at the us’s Annual Normal Assembly being held in Dallas. The change to Bylaw 401 Part 1C, which states that the us president will obtain a stipend of $150,000 per yr, handed with the help of 80.88% of the weighted vote, simply beating the two-thirds majority threshold wanted for passage.

An analogous measure finally yr’s AGM was narrowly defeated.

– Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, extra (U.S.)

The bylaw change has lengthy been pushed for throughout the membership, which consists of a spectrum of representatives — together with these from youth and grownup state soccer associations, in addition to councils representing athletes, stakeholders within the skilled recreation and different affiliate members.

The pondering is that having the workplace of president be a volunteer place restricted the pool of accessible candidates to those that have been rich sufficient to fulfill the time dedication wanted to do the job. Advocates additionally careworn that the place was akin to a full-time job, particularly with the U.S. set to co-host the 2026 males’s World Cup with Canada and Mexico.

Among the many opponents of the measure was Dave Guthrie, government director of the Indiana State Soccer Affiliation. Guthrie’s issues centered on the legality of paying the president of a nonprofit group, and whether or not the duties presently being undertaken by the president could be higher completed by USSF workers.

Guthrie acknowledged that the president is meant to be a steward of the sport and concentrate on setting a imaginative and prescient.

“If we’re casting all of those obligations on the president, that is not following greatest practices for a 501(c)(3),” he added. As a substitute he stated that the us “ought to reallocate these obligations again to employees and have our president focus” on the obligations outlined in the us’s bylaws.

Hugh Goodridge, president of the New York State West Youth Soccer Affiliation stated he would vote towards the measure as a result of “different compensation is being supplied” to the us president.

Cone additionally sits on the Concacaf Council, with a supply confirming to ESPN that the place pays $125,000 per yr.

Juan Uro, an impartial member of the us Board of Administrators, and the sponsor of the bylaw change, countered that there have been no authorized points, and that his analysis indicated that “the officer may be paid, full cease.”

“We’re not making an attempt to function just like the Mayo Clinic or the Pink Cross …We’re soccer. We’d like the president to face out and work with different [federation] presidents around the globe,” he added.

Uro’s place finally carried the day.

In different federation enterprise, the us Nationwide Council elected Nathán Goldberg Crenier to the workplace of USSF vice-president. Goldberg Crenier, who will now serve a four-year time period, defeated USSF board member Dr. Pete Zopfi by a vote of 75% to 25%.

The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) Nationwide Council voted on Saturday to make the place of USSF president a paid place for the primary time within the federation’s historical past.

The vote came about at the us’s Annual Normal Assembly being held in Dallas. The change to Bylaw 401 Part 1C, which states that the us president will obtain a stipend of $150,000 per yr, handed with the help of 80.88% of the weighted vote, simply beating the two-thirds majority threshold wanted for passage.

An analogous measure finally yr’s AGM was narrowly defeated.

– Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, extra (U.S.)

The bylaw change has lengthy been pushed for throughout the membership, which consists of a spectrum of representatives — together with these from youth and grownup state soccer associations, in addition to councils representing athletes, stakeholders within the skilled recreation and different affiliate members.

The pondering is that having the workplace of president be a volunteer place restricted the pool of accessible candidates to those that have been rich sufficient to fulfill the time dedication wanted to do the job. Advocates additionally careworn that the place was akin to a full-time job, particularly with the U.S. set to co-host the 2026 males’s World Cup with Canada and Mexico.

Among the many opponents of the measure was Dave Guthrie, government director of the Indiana State Soccer Affiliation. Guthrie’s issues centered on the legality of paying the president of a nonprofit group, and whether or not the duties presently being undertaken by the president could be higher completed by USSF workers.

Guthrie acknowledged that the president is meant to be a steward of the sport and concentrate on setting a imaginative and prescient.

“If we’re casting all of those obligations on the president, that is not following greatest practices for a 501(c)(3),” he added. As a substitute he stated that the us “ought to reallocate these obligations again to employees and have our president focus” on the obligations outlined in the us’s bylaws.

Hugh Goodridge, president of the New York State West Youth Soccer Affiliation stated he would vote towards the measure as a result of “different compensation is being supplied” to the us president.

Cone additionally sits on the Concacaf Council, with a supply confirming to ESPN that the place pays $125,000 per yr.

Juan Uro, an impartial member of the us Board of Administrators, and the sponsor of the bylaw change, countered that there have been no authorized points, and that his analysis indicated that “the officer may be paid, full cease.”

“We’re not making an attempt to function just like the Mayo Clinic or the Pink Cross …We’re soccer. We’d like the president to face out and work with different [federation] presidents around the globe,” he added.

Uro’s place finally carried the day.

In different federation enterprise, the us Nationwide Council elected Nathán Goldberg Crenier to the workplace of USSF vice-president. Goldberg Crenier, who will now serve a four-year time period, defeated USSF board member Dr. Pete Zopfi by a vote of 75% to 25%.