Gene Edwards is a former president of the

United States Soccer Federation The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is ...

, and is a member of the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame and the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...

Hall of Fame. Edwards had been a vice president of U.S. Soccer since 1968. Edwards was president of the

from 1974 to 1984. Edwards also served as a member of the FIFA Amateur Committee, the CONCACAF Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee of the United States Olympic Committee. Edwards was coach of the United States teams at the 1971 and 1975 Pan-American Games and the 1972 Olympic Games. Edwards was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 1985.U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame, http://m.ussoccer.com/About/History/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Famers/Builder-Bio.aspx

References

American soccer coaches National Soccer Hall of Fame members Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Presidents of the United States Soccer Federation {{US-soccer-bio-stub