It’s been almost two months since the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that Earnie Stewart and Brian McBride were resigning their positions as sporting director and men’s team general manager, respectively. The consulting firm Sportsology was brought in to lead the search and analyze the structure of the USSF’s sporting department.
And since then? Barely a peep. A sense of urgency has been difficult to spot, though that is due to the close-to-the-vest approach of USSF president Cindy Parlow Cone and CEO JT Batson. Following last weekend’s USSF Annual General Meeting, Cone and Batson said the Federation remains “on track” to hire the sporting director — a role that oversees both the men and women’s teams — by the start of the Women’s World Cup, which kicks off on July 20.
Interviews are ongoing, though neither Batson nor Cone provided details on the number of people interviewed or the particulars of the process. Multiple sources told ESPN that the interview process has reached “the second stage” with in-person interviews about to be scheduled.
“We’ve been very pleased with the people who’ve raised their hand, and the conversations we’ve had to date,” Batson told reporters last weekend. “Some of the feedback is we’re a very unique organization. We have more national teams than…
