What a great USSF AGM!
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) serves as U.S. Soccer’s national meeting with all constituents from the youth, adult, professional and athlete councils. Representatives from each of these councils discuss administrative issues, review and vote on rule changes and conduct various other businesses during the course of the event.
North Carolina had five representatives at the USSF AGM. Photographed above (from left to right) is Tom O'Shea, the former Executive Vice President, Bill Sweeney, the current Executive Vice President, Bob Kepner, our Treasurer, and John Bouda, the North Carolina State Referee Administrator. Unphotographed, but in attendance was George Navarro, our Vice President of Eastern North Carolina.
Much was accomplished this year. At the Veterans Cup Progress Meeting there was a meeting of all principals affecting refereeing of the upcoming Veterans Cup. It is believed a framework was developed to ensure successful smooth operations at the event.
Also, our distinguished Bob Kepner did an outstanding job as Chair of the Credentials Committee, successfully running the voting operations of the National Council. This year we saw Dr. S. Robert Contiguglia step down from his two consecutive terms as USSF President, to be replaced, by unanimous decision, by Sunil Gulati. Gulati has been the Vice President since 2000. The remainder of the Vice President term will be fulfilled by Mike Edwards. With nearly 30 years of service at all levels of soccer, Gulati will be an excellent President.
| “I am honored to serve our membership in this capacity and look forward to helping to continue to guide our sport through the most prosperous period in our history,” said Gulati. “Across the past decade, a platform for this sport has been built that did not previously exist, and we now have an opportunity in the coming years to achieve more for soccer in the United States than anyone could have ever envisioned 15 or 10 or even five years ago.” |
For further information about the new US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati, or the Las Vegas 2006 AGM, you may read the USSF coverage here.