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Berhalter made almost as much as Ellis in his 1st few months

coach in the world. ing Alex Morgan and Carli
Tab Ramos, who was the Lloyd (both $313,390), Crys-
men's under-20 team tal Dunn ($312,142), Lindsey
coach before leaving Horan ($304,142) and Julie
in October to become Ertz, Alyssa Naeher and Me-
coach of Major League gan Rapinoe (all $304,140).
Soccer's Houston Dynamo, Their salaries ranged from
outearned Ellis with com- $164,642 to $171,140 and
pensation of $460,772. include $100,000 for time
Ellis did earn more than with the national team. The
Earnie Stewart ($291,667), remainder is what the fed-
hired as men's general eration pays for the time
manager in June 2018, and with clubs in the National
Dave Sarachan ($241,869), Women's Soccer League.
interim men's national team Bonuses were from $133,000
coach from October 2017 to $146,000 and include
until Berhalter was hired. per match fees and the
Jürgen Klinsmann, fired as payment for qualifying for
men's coach in November the 2019 World Cup.
In this Friday, May 24, 2019 file photo, Jill Ellis, coach of the United States women's national soccer 2016, was paid $1,475,000 Women's national team
team, speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York. on Feb. 1, 2018. He received players have filed a gen-
Associated Press $3,354,167 in the year end- der discrimination lawsuit
ing March 31, 2018. against the USSF that is
By RONALD BLUM released by the federation she earned as a result of Bruce Arena, who re- scheduled for trial starting
NEW YORK (AP) — Newly on Wednesday. That figure the title likely will be listed placed Klinsmann and led May 5 in U.S. District Court
hired American men's soc- included a $200,000 signing on the next year's tax re- the men's team through in Los Angeles.
cer coach Gregg Berhal- bonus. turn. its failure to qualify for the The top two salaries of the
ter earned nearly as much Ellis, who took over as Her base salary was raised 2018 World Cup , was not administrative staff were
from the U.S. Soccer Feder- women's coach in May to $500,000 in late 2018, a listed on the latest return. chief executive officer
ation in the fiscal year end- 2014, had compensation of person with knowledge of He received $1,249,348 in Dan Flynn ($899,440) and
ing last March 31 as wom- $390,409 in the fiscal year. her contract told The As- the year ending March 31, chief commercial and
en's counterpart Jill Ellis. She went on to lead the sociated Press. The person 2018, which included what strategy officer Jay Berhal-
Berhalter, hired on Dec. 2, Americans to their second spoke on condition of ano- was listed on that return as ter ($779,765), the coach's
2018, had compensation straight World Cup title, nymity because the USSF a $300,000 settlement. brother. Flynn retired in Sep-
of $304,113 from the USSF in was voted FIFA Women's has not announced that. Earnings were listed for sev- tember and the federation
the year ending March 31, Coach of the Year, then The USSF has said she was eral of the players on the said Jay Berhalter is leaving
according to the tax return left in October. Any bonus the highest-paid women's U.S. women team, includ- at the end of February.q

Virologist: Tokyo Olympics probably couldn't be held now

By STEPHEN WADE with the WHO who worked situation."
TOKYO (AP) — A respect- on the SARS outbreak al- The viral outbreak has in-
ed Japanese virologist on most 20 years ago, was fected more than 75,000
Wednesday said if the To- hopeful but sowed some people globally. China
kyo Olympics were tomor- uncertainty about the July has reported 2,004 deaths
row, the games probably 24-Aug. 9 Olympics. among 74,185 cases on
couldn't be held because "I'm not sure (of) the situa- the mainland, mostly in the
of the fast-spreading virus tion in Japan at the end of central province of Hubei.
from Wuhan, China. July," he said, answering in Only one death in Japan
"We need to find the best English. "But probably we has been attributed to the
way to have a safe Olym- will not have large out- virus.
pics," Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani breaks in Japan in July." Earlier in the week, Shigeru
said, speaking at the For- Oshitani said he was most Omi, a former regional di-
eign Correspondents Club concerned about a "Wu- rector of the WHO and an
of Japan. "Right now we han-type" of outbreak tak- infectious disease expert
don't have an effective Hitoshi Oshitani, Professor of Department of Virology, Tohoku ing place in Africa or other from Japan, also said he
strategy, and I think it may University Graduate School of Medicine, speaks during a press parts of Asia and having could not be sure about
be difficult to have the conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. cases imported into Ja- the Olympics.
Olympics (now). But by the Associated Press pan. He said if that hap- "Whether the outbreak will
end of July we may be in a pened "it may get difficult last until the Olympic date
different situation." But with every passing day, ing networks that have in- to have" the Olympics. But or not depends upon the
The local Tokyo Olympic the impact of the virus vested billions of dollars in he also suggested Japan virus and the societal ef-
organizing committee and seems to spread, and so the Olympics. might be able to handle it. fort and joint international
the International Olympic does the fallout: Olympic The modern Olympics dat- "So what we have to do community," he said at
Committee have repeat- qualifying events are can- ing from 1896 have only now is try to prevent such a a news conference. "No-
edly said over the last few celed or postponed, travel been canceled during thing from happening," he body can predict whether
weeks that they are follow- gets difficult, and athletes wartime, and in 1980 and added, saying the Japa- we can contain the virus or
ing the advice of the World and families are left won- 1984 they went on with nese government should put an end to this outbreak
Health Organization and dering. Not to mention boycotts. support countries so they before the Olympics start.
that the games will go on. sponsors and broadcast- Oshitani, a former adviser don't have "that kind of That's anybody's guess."q