Kraft joins efforts to bring World Cup tourney to US
Robert Kraft, a founding investor of Major League Soccer, has accepted an invitation to join the board of directors for the USA Bid Committee in its efforts to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022, the bid committee said.
Kraft is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of the Kraft Group, whose assets in sports and entertainment include the New England Patriots National Football League team, the New England Revolution soccer team, and Gillette Stadium.
“Robert Kraft has been a true champion for soccer in the United States and the USA Bid Committee is extremely pleased to welcome him to our board of directors,” Sunil Gulati, chairman of the USA Bid Committee and president of US Soccer, said in a statement. “He paved the way for World Cup soccer to come to New England in 1994 and his leadership of the Revolution and within MLS has been instrumental in elevating the profile of the sport in this country.”
The USA Bid Committee is a non-profit organization created to prepare a successful application to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022 on behalf of the United States Soccer Federation.
(File photo of Kraft: David L. Ryan/Globe staff)
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