Hedge Fund Manager Helps Bankroll US Bid for World Cup Glory

Scott Goodwin’s path to becoming a major donor to US Soccer began with an offhand text to friends in the summer of 2024. Now was the chance, he told them, to get a better men’s national team head coach before the 2026 World Cup.

The co-founder of credit investment firm Diameter Capital Partners had just watched US winger Tim Weah get sent off against Panama for punching an opponent in the head. It was a low moment in a disastrous Copa America tournament. The US lost that match and the following one against Uruguay, and failed to advance beyond the group ...