Flynn leaves US Soccer this month, search for CEO continues

By: The Associated Press Posted: 1:35 PM CDT Monday, Sep. 9, 2019 Last Modified: 2:20 PM CDT Monday, Sep. 9, 2019

CHICAGO - Dan Flynn will retire as chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Sept. 16.

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CHICAGO - Dan Flynn will retire as chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Sept. 16.

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CHICAGO – Dan Flynn will retire as chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Sept. 16.

While the search for a successor continues, the USSF said Monday that Brian Remedi will serve as chief administrative officer in addition to chief stakeholder officer. Remedi is listed as third on the federation staff directory, behind Jay Berhalter, who is chief commercial and strategy officer.

Jay Berhalter is the brother of Gregg Berhalter, who was hired in December as the U.S. men’s national team coach.

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, U.S. Soccer Federation secretary general Dan Flynn speaks during a news conference in St. Louis. Flynn will retire as chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

The 64-year-old Flynn had said at the USSF annual general meeting in February that he planned to leave this year.

Flynn replaced Hank Steinbrecher as secretary general in June 2000, and his tenure included the launch of training centres in Carson, California, and Kansas City, Kansas, and a new U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas. He assisted in the organization for the 2003 Women’s World Cup in the U.S. and the launch of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Flynn was the Chicago venue executive director for the 1994 World Cup, then worked under Steinbrecher at the USSF from 1994-98 as chief administrative officer and later chief operating officer. Flynn then spent two years as executive director of the U.S. Soccer Foundation.

He was a member of the St. Louis University teams that won the NCAA soccer title in 1973 and finished second the following year.