Will Carlos Cordeiro return to rule US Soccer two years after alienating the USWNT?

Carlos Cordeiro greets Megan Rapinoe after the final of the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Cordeiro would later mispronounce the player’s name at a victory parade. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images

Imagine if, two years after resigning amid the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon had run for president again.

It’s not a perfect analogy for the current state of US soccer politics, but it’s close. Two years after resigning in the wake of a legal filing that claimed female players had less ability than their male counterparts, Carlos Cordeiro is running for his old gig as president of US Soccer.