This year’s U.S. Soccer annual general meeting has lacked the intrigue of a looming election for a new federation president, but there has nonetheless been some interesting news coming out of the event about the direction of soccer at all levels in the United States.



Of perhaps most interest were president Carlos Cordeiro’s remarks to the athletes’ council, where he discussed the search to fill the position of general manager for the U.S. women’s national team, VAR and FIFA’s deliberations over whether to expand the 2022 World Cup to include 48 teams.



Cordeiro said that he expects the general manager of the U.S. women’s team to be a woman, but that U.S. Soccer is considering both men and women candidates for the position.



“We’ll do it as soon as we can,” Cordeiro said about the hire, though he indicated a reluctance to make an announcement with the World Cup around the corner. He also revealed that there...