Daily News | How Earnie Stewart’s departure from U.S. Soccer affects the women’s team, too
There’s little doubt that Earnie Stewart’s departure from the U.S. Soccer Federation will affect the men’s program more than the women’s program. Stewart had more direct involvement with the men’s program, and a lot more experience with it as a Hall of Fame ex-player.
That piece of the U.S. Soccer hierarchy has been important. Having a clear No. 1 leader atop the sporting side of the governing body meant the GMs didn’t have to report to someone whose work includes business considerations, not just soccer ones. “We have real confidence in our women’s national team leadership, in Kate and Vlatko [Andonovski, the manager] and team,” Batson said, “and are super excited for what they’re up to this summer and the women’s World Cup.”U.S. Soccer’s ongoing internal review of its sporting structure – which is separate from the outside legal investigation of the Reyna/Berhalter scandal -- has now grown so big that the governing body hired consulting firm Sportsology to help with it.
It’s possible that there won’t be GMs anymore. It’s also possible, Cone said, that the men’s and women’s national teams won’t have the same structure. That could present an optics issue if fans think the two sides aren’t getting equal treatment, but Cone is open to going that way.
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