Sunil Gulati
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"Sunil Gulati" is the president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and was on April 19, 2013, elected to a four-year term on the FIFA Executive Committee. In March 2014, he was unanimously re-elected to a record third four-year term as USSF president; having been elected initially in 2006 and re-elected again in 2010. Gulati is also a senior lecturer in the economics department of Columbia University. He is the former president of Kraft Soccer for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

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He's got a great sense of judgment. He's smart, educated and knows the game, and he's got a good sense of fairness.

He had a good handle on the international soccer scene, more so than virtually anyone else we had at the league. His legal training was a big plus.