U.S. Soccer presidential race: Nomination check

Yesterday, I saw a list of 44 nominations (43 organizations, 1 athlete) who had nominated someone for the U.S. Soccer presidency.

Today, it’s down to 20. I’m going to reproduce here an email I obtained whose veracity I have confirmed with multiple sources:

U.S. Soccer has received confirmation that Sunil Gulati has officially withdrawn from the presidential nomination and election process. The Nominating & Governance Committee has determined that the 24 Organization Members that nominated Mr. Gulati are therefore eligible to nominate another candidate by December 12, 2017.

We want to remind you that the three (3) letters of support/nomination from Organization Members, or the Athlete members of the Board of Directors is due by 11:59 p.m. on December 12, 2017. If you believe that an Organization Member or Athlete member of the Board of Directors has nominated you and they are not on the list below, please contact me as soon as possible by replying to this email.

I’m not going to reproduce the list to protect the innocent. Or the guilty, in some cases. Depends on your point of view.

I’ve broken it down by type of organization, lumping together the various national affiliates (including national youth organizations, disability sports organizations) as “national.” The numbers might be off by 1-2 — I’m unsure whether one state association is adult or joint (combined youth and adult), and there are a couple of unusual national affiliates that I’m not sure can actually nominate anyone (say, the Hall of Fame). With that disclaimer in mind, here’s the breakdown of how many organizations exist and how many had nominated someone as of Nov. 29, Dec. 8 and Dec. 9:

TYPE	No.	Nov. 29	Dec. 8	Dec. 9
Adult state association	36	13	16	9
Youth state association	37	12	15	6
Joint (adult/youth) state	18	5	5	3
Pro league	4	0	1	1
National affiliates/orgs	13	6	6	0
Athlete Board members	3	0	1	1
TOTAL	111	36	44	20

UPDATE: The “No.” (or “number” since we don’t have to abbreviate here) column has been corrected now that USSF has released a complete list of affiliates. I’m assuming “Orlando” should be “Oregon.” The incorrect figures were 41 adult, 41 youth, 14 joint, 11 national affiliates/organizations.

One announced nomination is not included here because it’s not on the emails I’ve seen. That’s the South Carolina youth association, which has declared for Kyle Martino.

From that, we can deduce the 24 organizations that had endorsed Gulati but are now in play. Here’s a breakdown with names changed to regions (“res” means “rescinded”):

ORGANIZATION	TYPE	Mid-Nov	Nov. 29	Dec. 8	Dec. 9	NOTES
Midwest	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Confirmed by email
Midwest	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Southeast	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Southeast	Adult	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Adult	yes	res	NEW	yes
Northeast	Adult			NEW	yes
West	Adult			NEW	yes
Southeast	Adult		NEW	yes	yes
West	Adult		NEW	yes	yes
Illinois Adult	Adult	yes	yes	yes	yes	Wynalda: Announced
Midwest	Adult	yes	yes	yes	yes
Midwest	Adult	yes	yes	yes	yes
West	Adult	yes	yes	yes	yes
Athlete	Athlete			NEW	yes
Northeast	Joint	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Southwest	Joint	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Joint		NEW	yes	yes
New Hampshire	Joint	yes	yes	yes	yes	Wynalda: Announced
Northeast	Joint	yes	yes	yes	yes
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
National	National	yes	res
Major League Soccer	Pro			NEW	yes	Carter: Announced
Midwest	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northwest	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Southeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Southeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
West	Youth	yes	yes	yes	res	Gulati: Deduced from lists
Northeast	Youth	yes	res	NEW	yes
Northeast	Youth			NEW	yes
West	Youth			NEW	yes
West	Youth		NEW	yes	yes
Northeast	Youth	yes	yes	yes	yes
West	Youth	yes	yes	yes	yes
South Carolina Youth	Youth					Martino: Not on list but announced

If you have any corrections or comments (including claiming your nomination if you are one of these organizations), speak up!