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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American soccer administrator (born 1956)}}<br />
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'''Carlos Cordeiro''' (born 1956) is an American sports executive and retired investment banker. He is the senior advisor to the [[List of presidents of FIFA|FIFA President]] and is serving as senior advisor to the [[White House]] Task Force on the [[2026 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup 2026]].<br />
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Previously he was president of the [[United States Soccer Federation]] from February 10, 2018<ref name="USSF-2018">{{cite news|title=Carlos Cordeiro Elected as 32nd U.S. Soccer President|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/02/10/13/58/20180210-news-new-us-soccer-president-carlos-cordeiro-elected-annual-general-meeting|access-date=February 10, 2018|work=US Soccer Federation|date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> until March 12, 2020<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cordeiro |first1=Carlos |title=Resignation letter |url=https://twitter.com/CACSoccer/status/1238270294504112128 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> when he resigned after criticism<ref>{{cite news |title=MLS commissioner, USSF VP, sponsors slam US Soccer's legal stance |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mls-commissioner-ussf-vp-sponsors-003457297.html |access-date=March 13, 2020 |work=[[Yahoo Sports]]|date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> over the legal stance taken by U.S. Soccer under his administration towards the U.S. [[United States women's national soccer team|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. In May 2025, Carlos was appointed by [[Donald Trump|President Donald J Trump]] to serve as the Senior Advisor to the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2025 |title=White House Task Force meets to discuss future FIFA tournaments in the United States |url=https://inside.fifa.com/organisation/news/white-house-task-force-meets-to-discuss-future-fifa-tournaments-in-the-united-states |website=FIFA}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Cordeiro was born to a Colombian mother and father of [[Luso-Indian]] descent<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/article198019704.html|title=The next President of U.S. Soccer just might be a Hispanic immigrant from Miami Beach|work=[[Miami Herald]]|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en}}</ref> in [[Mumbai|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]].<ref name="USSF-2018"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Baxter |first=Kevin |date=February 10, 2018 |title=For Carlos Cordeiro, the real work starts after winning U.S. Soccer presidency |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-us-soccer-election-20180210-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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