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June 1, 1998
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embraced the sport of soccer beginning his career with the Los Angeles
Aztecs of the NASL and the 1984 Olympic Games. Rothenberg then
became engaged in a prosperous tenure as the President of the
United States Soccer Federation, which prompted his nomination
as the Chairman, and CEO of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The
unprecedented results of the tournament, hailed as the most
successful World Cup in history, aided in the historic launch of
Major League Soccer culminating with the staging of the
unforgettable 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Rothenberg
era will be remembered as one of unparalleled growth and
achievement that changed the course of Soccer in the United
States.
Medal of
Honor
The National Soccer Medal of Honor is
bestowed by the National Soccer Hall of Fame to extraordinary
individuals whose positive contributions to soccer at the national
level have been so great as to have effected the course of soccer
history in the United States.
Related Information
Lamar Hunt
1991
U.S. Women's World Cup Team |
