Ex-US Soccer president running again 2 years after quitting

NEW YORK — Carlos Cordeiro is running to regain his job as U.S. Soccer Federation president, two years after he quit amid a backlash to the group’s lawyers filing legal papers claiming the women’s national team players had less physical ability and responsibility than their male counterparts. Cordeiro was immediately criticized by women’s national team star midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who accused him in a tweet of allowing “caveman levels of misogyny.” Cordeiro, a former Goldman Sachs partner, headed the federation from 2018-2020. The federation said in the filing that the women’s team players who sued the organization in a pay dispute “ask the court to conclude that the ability required of an WNT player is equal to the ability required of an MNT player, as a relative matter, by ignoring the materially higher level of speed and strength required to perform the job of an MNT player.” “I had put in place multiple layers of oversight to ensure that the litigation with the women’s national team was conducted in keeping with the values of our federation,” Cordeiro said in a statement Wednesday. who deserve equal pay.” He said as president he would raise money for “a one-time payment so that U.S. Soccer can help reduce the discrepancy between past FIFA Men’s and Women’s World Cup prize money.” Rapinoe, one of the players suing the federation, asked in a tweet whether Cordeiro quit under pressure or because “he embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels of misogyny?” “One of the things that I resolve to do better is to listen more closely to the perspectives and aspirations of our women’s national team players and be a better partner in their work for equality,” Cordeiro said.