U.S. soccer president tells CNN more misconduct cases reported to U.S. Soccer
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U.S. Soccer president calls claims ‘unbelievable’ from ‘unbelievable’ sources
By RON RIDOLFI
07:48 EST, May 19, 2010
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In his first comments on a new report that U.S. soccer has uncovered four new cases of “instigation” by players on American youth national teams, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said Monday that “the allegations are unbelievable,” but added that the federation has “the proof.” Gulati was speaking to CNN about the report by ESPN’s Outside the Lines, which detailed the claims by U.S. youth players that they have been offered money at a young age to change teams.
Fifty national team players are suing U.S. Soccer over a series of incidents, including the publication of player information on the Internet and in letters sent by several American soccer youth coaches to teams, in which they are accused of offering them money to switch teams.
“Anytime you have this kind of allegation, you need to get more than one or two independent sources,” Gulati said on CNN.
The federation is set to publish a report into the allegations against U.S. youth national teams on Wednesday, Gulati said. He acknowledged that while the federation is aware of the allegations, it can’t be sure that the incidents are what Outside the Lines reported
