Carlos Cordeiro | |
Office: | President of the United States Soccer Federation |
Term Start: | February 10, 2018 |
Term End: | March 12, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Sunil Gulati |
Successor: | Cindy Parlow Cone |
Office2: | Vice President of United States Soccer Federation |
Term Start2: | 2016 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Birth Place: | Bombay, Bombay State, India |
Nationality: | American |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University Harvard Business School |
Carlos Cordeiro (born 1956) is an Indian-born American sports executive. He was the president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) from February 10, 2018[1] until March 12, 2020[2] when he resigned after criticism[3] over the legal stance taken by U.S. Soccer under his administration towards the U.S. women's national team.
Cordeiro was born to a Colombian mother and father of Indo-Portuguese descent [4] in Bombay. He moved to Miami at the age of 15 and is a graduate of Harvard University, where he earned an AB and MBA. Prior to joining the USSF in 2007 as an independent director, Cordeiro was a partner at Goldman Sachs and an independent director at BHP.[1] [5]