With the long-awaited departure of Dan Flynn, U.S. Soccer’s CEO and general secretary for the past 19 years, now confirmed for next Monday, the big question remains: When it comes to the most important day-to-day job at U.S. Soccer, should the federation look to hire someone from the inside or from the outside?
And, given that the heavily favored internal candidate remains Jay Berhalter—the brother of U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter, Flynn’s right-hand man and the main reason federation employees went public with toxic-workplace complaints earlier this year—the answer should be: Of course, U.