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Cindy Parlow Cone won reelection as U.S. Soccer Federation’s presidency on Saturday at the governing body’s annual general meeting in Atlanta, holding off a spirited and controversial challenge from her predecessor Carlos Cordeiro. Needing a simple majority of the weighted vote to win, Cone earned a total of 785.12 votes to Cordeiro’s 698.26 — a majority of 52.9%. The vote was tallied among U.S. Soccer’s members, which include state-level youth and adult amateur associations, national team athletes, the professional leagues, and other groups. It was the smallest margin of victory in the last f…