The National Premier Soccer League Friday announced its support to former U.S. international striker Eric Wynalda in his quest to become president of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

“The NPSL board of directors, serving on behalf of its members across the country, has elected to publicly support Eric Wynalda for U.S. Soccer Federation president,” the league said in a statement on its website. “Following that, the NPSL intends to cast the four votes allocated to the NPSL in the upcoming U.S. Soccer Federation presidential election for Eric Wynalda.”

Wynalda is one of eight candidates running.

The other seven include three other former U.S. national team players — Paul Caligiuri, Kyle Martino and Hope Solo, U.S. Soccer vice president Carlos Cordeiro, Soccer United Marketing president Kathy Carter, Boston attorney Steven Gans and New York lawyer Michael Winograd.

The election will be held at the USSF Annual General Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Feb. 10.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.