Alan Rothenberg

The president of the U.S. Soccer Federation from 1990 to 1998, a period of great growth for the sport in the United States. Rothenberg’s tenure was marked particularly by the 1994 World Cup, which the United States hosted with Rothenberg as the chairman of the organizing committee, and the start of Major League Soccer in 1996 with Rothenberg as chairman of the MLS board of directors. Rothenberg also has served as a vice president of CONCACAF and on various FIFA committees. Inducted in 2007.