Cordeiro has made revenue generation a focus, recently signing deals with Deloitte and Volkswagengetty images
The U.S. is one of the few competitive soccer nations that lacks a comprehensive national training center, and USSF President Carlos Cordeiro confirmed that the federation is "considering building some kind of training center -- or centers -- possibly before 2026," when the U.S., Canada and Mexico will host the World Cup, according to Rachel Bachman of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. U.S. Soccer has its HQ in Chicago, a referee and coach training center in K.C., and training grounds at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. But "more useful to the federation would be a center close to the East Coast." Such a center would "need a funding source." In that area, the U.S. "badly lags serious soccer nations." The recently approved federation budget of $136M is "scarcely one-third the revenue of England's Football Association." That is why Cordeiro has "made revenue generation a focus," with U.S. Soccer recently signing sponsorship deals with Deloitte and Volkswagen, the latter of which "became the second-largest deal behind Nike." Meanwhile, the federation's women's side remains a "strength." More than two years after a "rancorous fight over pay" with the USWNT, the "biggest increase in U.S. Soccer's budget will be for that team." Overall, Cordeiro said that U.S. Soccer "increased funding for the women's and men's national teams" to roughly $60M from $40M (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/21).
