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Cindy Parlow Cone

President of U.S. Soccer, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, World Cup Champion

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Cindy Parlow Cone is the first female President of U.S. Soccer, the second sitting National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, and the first to hold the position who played for a senior U.S. National Team.

Cone’s priorities include focusing on improving... More

Cindy Parlow Cone is the first female President of U.S. Soccer, the second sitting National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, and the first to hold the position who played for a senior U.S. National Team.

Cone’s priorities include focusing on improving U.S. Soccer’s efforts to take meaningful action in the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging space, bringing commercial rights back in house, team building, and leading efforts to grow the game in all its forms.

Under Cone’s leadership, U.S. Soccer, the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) agreed to terms on historic, first-of-their-kind collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) that achieved equal pay through identical economic terms, setting the global standard moving forward in international soccer.

The Memphis, Tennessee native was a star for the U.S. Women’s National Team during a career that spanned 1996-2004, earning 158 caps while scoring 75 goals. During her career she was a 2x Olympic gold medal winner (1996 & 2004) and a member of the historic 1999 Women’s World Cup.

Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2018, Cone was a 4x All-American at the University of North Carolina, where she scored 68 goals and had 53 assists in 103 games, and was on teams that won two NCAA titles.

Cone is a title-winning coach at the grassroots, collegiate and professional levels and holds a USSF “A” coaching license. She was also the first head coach to win a National Women’s Soccer League championship, guiding Portland Thorns FC to the title in 2013 during the league’s inaugural season.

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