U.S. Soccer: de Varona named USA ’99 chief

U.S. Soccer has named Donna de Varona as chairman of the 1999 Women’s World Championship, which will be played in the United States.

De Varona was a double gold-medalist swinner and has been active in the women’s sports movement. She has also served as a commentator for ABC Sports and served on the World Cup USA ’94 board of directors.

Marla Messing, an executive with the ’94 organizing committee and one of the executives who worked on getting MLS off the ground, will serve as president and COO.