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SUM president Kathy Carter announces U.S. Soccer candidacy

Related Topics: Soccer United Marketing

The field for U.S. Soccer president keeps getting bigger.

One day after current president Sunil Gulati announced he would not seek another term at the position, the field grew by one as Soccer United Marketing president Kathy Carter announced her intent to seek the position.

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In addition to leading SUM, Carter, a former goalkeeper at UCLA, previously worked as a vice president in Major League Soccer and was a member of 1994 World Cup organizing committee. She has also been involved in the organization of multiple women's World Cups.

“I don’t believe that any other candidate has the unique skill set that I do,” Carter told the New York Times.