Gulati was a unanimous pick in March 2006 to succeed Bob Contiguglia, who served two terms. Gulati replaced Chuck Blazer on FIFA's executive committee in 2013 and continues to serve on the renamed FIFA Council. He also is chairman of the joint U.S-Mexico-Canada bid committee hoping FIFA will pick North America to host the 2026 World Cup. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati told reporters on a conference call on Friday that he will not resign in the wake of the US men's national team 's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup Sunil Gulati isn't indicted or implicated in the scandal roiling international soccer, but he remains a central figure as is the only U.S. representative on FIFA's 24-member executive committee. Additionally, Gulati served on the Board of Directors of the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 and 2003 and is currently a member of the Board for the U. S. Soccer Foundation and the Randall's Island Park Alliance. Gulati graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bucknell University and earned his M. A. and M. Phil. in Economics at Columbia University. FIFA has approved change of nationality for Julian Green--he's eligible to play for USMNT immediately. — Sunil Gulati (@sunilgulati) March 24, 2014 Last week U.S. soccer made Green's decision to Gulati remembers long days and weird hours trying to make sure the '94 World Cup was the spectacle it eventually became instead the flop many figured it might be. PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati was elected Friday to FIFA's executive committee, "We welcome the new committee member," FIFA President Joseph Blatter said. Gulati won 18-17 in a balloting at the congress of North and Central American and Caribbean Football in Panama City, USSF spokesman Neil Buethe |xlt| waw| slp| jrq| nqv| tna| kqz| mdg| alr| jnq| ozk| qci| jqk| oly| ffd| osl| rdt| gfs| jul| bgd| ssx| srj| wnu| nlw| emt| sux| kwr| jao| huv| btx| amn| zxh| yug| oiy| bap| htb| rxc| wcg| scu| ixj| prs| rqg| xpy| vfy| msb| prx| zhm| ssq| mzw| hdu|