{{Short description|American soccer administrator (born 1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Use American English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Carlos Cordeiro |native_name = |native_name_lang = |image = Carlos Cordeiro in 2025 (cropped).jpg |alt = |caption = |order = |office = President of the United States Soccer Federation |term_start = February 10, 2018 |term_end = March 12, 2020 |president = |succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> |predecessor = Sunil Gulati |successor = Cindy Parlow Cone |office2 = Vice President of United States Soccer Federation |term_start2 = 2016 |term_end2 = 2018 |president2 = |succeeding2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}} <!--{{Birth date and age|1956|00|00}}--> |birth_place = Bombay, Bombay State, India |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> |death_place = |citizenship = |relations = |children = |alma_mater = Harvard University<br/>Harvard Business School |occupation = |profession = |committees = }}
'''Carlos Cordeiro''' (born 1956) is an American sports executive and retired investment banker. He is the senior advisor to the FIFA President and is serving as senior advisor to the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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. 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 President Donald 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>
==Biography==
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 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>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{USSF Presidents}}
{{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=Sunil Gulati}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF)|years=2018–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Cindy Parlow Cone}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cordeiro, Carlos}} Category:1956 births Category:Indian emigrants to the United States Category:Harvard Business School alumni Category:Living people Category:Presidents of the United States Soccer Federation Category:American people of Portuguese descent Category:American people of Colombian descent Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai Category:Businesspeople from Miami Category:BHP people Category:Goldman Sachs people Category:American people of Goan descent