U.S. Soccer elected Bill Taylor as its vice president at its Annual General Meeting on Saturday.
Taylor, the president of the Idaho Youth Soccer Association, defeated former U.S. men’s national team star Cobi Jones, USSF board member Tim Turney and Metropolitan D.C.-Virginia Soccer Association president Jim Sadowski in the election, which necessitated two rounds of voting after no candidate managed to secure a majority of votes in the first round. Taylor won in the second round with 55.94 percent of the vote, ahead of Jones, who secured 40.47 percent.
Jones had more than 45 percent of the first round of the vote, but saw his support dip in the second round after Sadowski dropped out for the second round of voting.
“We elected a wonderful VP in Bill Taylor, who I think will add a lot to the board,” U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said. “He has extensive experience in the game, especially in the youth game.
