WAHL: US Soccer Foundation sues Fed over naming dispute

"USSE"

United States Soccer Entertainment

 

Remember when Garber went after the naming rights to things created by MLS Supporters?

 

LMFAO, oh boy this is going to be a great thread.

 

My guess is that this is a negotiating ploy and a settlement with a coexistence agreement will result.

 

All of the emotional crap about what USSFoundation does with kids has nothing to do with the underlying trademark dispute of who owns the name.

 

I'm not so sure about that. Per the article, USS Federation ended their involvement with USS Foundation, then demanded Foundation change its name and trademarks. The Foundation's lawsuit isn't for damages, but to secure a judicial declaration over who owns the name.

The Fed featured the Foundation in the Legacy section of the 2026 bid. Based on the quotes, the Foundation apparently suspects that the Fed wants to continue to claim ownership of the Foundation's name and history in their future dealings re: WC 2026 - despite having chosen to no longer affiliate with them.

It's like divorcing your wife, but still using her family's name because it's her name on the membership at the country club. But in this analogy, you further demand that she stop using her family name because it's yours now.


The decision to separate from the Foundation is bizarre. And it also reminds me of earlier this year, when the Fed suddenly backed out of Byer's youth development program after just six months.

According to Byer, it was Gulati who supported the program, and when he was gone, the support suddenly dropped out. I'm wondering if maybe we're seeing the carrying out of some grand plan by Dan Flynn to reshape the Fed in his image. He's the most powerful man in the Fed now with Gulati gone - Cordeiro is nominally in charge, but he's new and Flynn is well-established. Flynn now gets to make all the decisions he always wanted to make - maybe that's what this is. Perhaps he has a design to revamp youth development, led by the Fed and not involving outside parties.

Or maybe the Fed is just stupid.


It's a bit worrisome, to be honest. Being incompetent and unable to act is bad. But being incompetent and yet still willing to make strong and forceful decisions is dangerous.

 

So much for the stories that Flynn had a change of heart........

 

The singer for the Smiths.

It’s literally a one sided article. I won’t be shocked if we get enough of the story to have a valid opinion and the Fed looks like shit, but we’re not there yet.

 

Disgusting behavior from USSF, but that's to be expected from those clowns who run a joke of an organization.

They won't receive another dime from me going forward.

 

Brilliant!

 

What PRECISELY do you KNOW that they did wrong?

The amount of poutrage (pre outrage) in this forum is making it a cesspool. The correct order is ready aim fire, not fire aim ready.

 

It's funny how soccer has a conscience. If NFL or MLB, or even NCAA did something like this no-one would bat an eyelid, never mind stop watching the sport.

Of course a big wealthy non-profit beating up a small defenceless non-profit over it's name is not a good thing.

 

I'll take B

 

Please specify USSF corruption.

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If you mention Blazer I’m going to laugh and laugh and laugh.

As far as ineptitude...my very strong belief is that running a federation is HARD. I mean, if pretty much EVERYONE IN THE WORLD thinks their federation sucks, to me that means people have unrealistic expectations of federations.

 

Editting your post:

I've said it many times, "US Soccer doesn't care about US Soccer fans."

 

superdave's constant use of mockery and/or derision with respect to any criticism of how USSF acts, its dubious relationship with SUM/MLS and its opaque governance never ceases to confound me.

For example, if the USSF was completely unaware of Blazer's brazen corruption given the length and depth of the professional and personal relationships with USSF's most senior leadership, it is the definition of "ineptitude" and I'd argue is "grossly negligient" at a minimum. Yet superdave wants to take it off the table for discussion as evidence of USSF's poor management.

The "show me definitive proof" is reminiscent of President Trump's "we don't have definitive proof" that MBS was in on the murder of the journalist.

C'mon. As other posters have stated, there's more than enough smoke around how the USSF conducts its business that they've lost the benefit of the doubt that one would usually give organizations.

 

The Fed was aware of Blatter’s corruption too. I was aware of it. So?

I’m mocking people who hav strong beliefs about topics they are ignorant of. Their passionate ignorance is funny to me.

 

I don't recall that USSF and Blatter were tied at the hip as they were with Blazer. You really can't see the difference?

You think that posters are ignorant about potential poor management at USSF? You think there's no smoke in the opaque relationship between MLS/SUM/USSF? There's nothing there at all?

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion but it beggars belief that you apparently think it's obvious that there's nothing to see.

 

I get it now.

Blazer was a CONCACAF official.