U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati announced today the hiring of Tom Sermanni as seventh head coach in U.S. Women’s National Team history. Sermanni, 58, comes to U.S. Soccer with 11 years of experience as a head coach in international women’s soccer – all with Australia – a period during which he led the Matildas in three Women’s World Cup tournaments. Sermanni will officially begin his tenure as the WNT head coach on Jan. 1, 2013. U.S. Soccer Women’s Development Director Jill Ellis, who
“With great power comes great responsibility.” A great quote that defines U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati’s role in the beautiful game. Gulati is a man that wields a lot of influence, but he is also a man that understands his own obligation to the growth and prosperity of the world’s game here in the U.S. Gulati and U.S. Soccer CEO Dan Flynn spent the last few weeks evaluating the performance of the men’s national team and came to a strong conclusion: change and reform were needed
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will speak on behalf of the U.S. bid to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2022 when the U.S. team makes its final presentation to the FIFA Executive Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Zurich. Freeman, a member of the USA Bid Committee’s board of directors, is the fourth person to be named to the U.S. team that will make a final 30-minute presentation. The others are: U.S. President Bill Clinton, the honorary chairman of the USA