S. Robert "Bob" Contiguglia (born September 14, 1941) served as President of the

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from 1998 to 2006. Among his achievements as President of U.S. Soccer were: successfully hosting the

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, convincing FIFA to relocate the 2003 Women's World Cup to the United States after the original plans to host it in China fell through, the U.S. women's team winning gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and hiring

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as coach for the United States men's national team. In May 2018, Contiguglia was selected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Contiguglia has played, coached, and managed soccer at several different levels. He previously ran for President of U.S. Soccer in 1984, but lost to

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. He served as President of U.S. Youth Soccer from 1990 to 1996. Contiguglia was born in

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and raised on Long Island. He later became a resident of

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. He earned an undergraduate degree at

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, majoring in

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with a minor in English.United States Soccer Federation Elects New Chief
Accessed March 7, 2015. He earned a medical degree at the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and became a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Contiguglia, Robert American nephrologists Association football executives American soccer chairmen and investors 1941 births Living people Presidents of the United States Soccer Federation SUNY Downstate Medical Center alumni Columbia Lions men's soccer players Men's association football players not categorized by position American soccer players National Soccer Hall of Fame members