Alan Rothenberg
Alan Rothenberg | |
|---|---|
| President of the U.S. Soccer Federation | |
| In office 1990–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Werner Fricker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Contiguglia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1939 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "smallimage". Replace with "image".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "imagesize". Replace with "image_size".
Alan Isaac Rothenberg (born April 10, 1939) is an American lawyer and businessman, known for his involvement in soccer in the United States. He is the namesake of the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, which was awarded annually to the winner of the MLS Cup from 1996 to 2007. Rothenberg was president of U.S. Soccer, the governing body of American soccer, during the 1990s and oversaw the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1999 Women's World Cup in the United States and the establishment of Major League Soccer in 1996.
Rothenberg earned the FIFA Order of Merit in 2006. Rothenberg was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007 in recognition of his contribution as a "Builder" of the sport in the United States.