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Malik was elected to a two-year term on the USSF board of directors as part of the Pro Council in March 2017. He ran for re-election but lost to USL CEO [[Alec Papadakis]] in March 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/03/mike-cullina-alec-papadakis-elected-to-us-soccer-board-of-directors |title=MIKE CULLINA, ALEC PAPADAKIS ELECTED TO U.S. SOCCER BOARD OF DIRECTORS |date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/features/sometimes-its-just-smoke |title=Sometimes It's Just Smoke |date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |work=Protagonist Soccer |first=Dan |last=Vaughn}}</ref>
Malik returned to the USSF board's Pro Council in February 2020.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://cdn.ussoccer.com/-/media/project/ussf/governance/2021/fy20-united-states-soccer-federation-form-990-pd.ashx?la=en-us&rev=86a617499bff469a89d829ba54ac7639&hash=0971D0085CDD3A03B09918AFA39E0B7F |title=Form 990 for the Year Ended March 31, 2019 |date=January 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]] |quote=STEVE MALIK PRO COUNCIL REP (AS OF 02/20)}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} In June 2020, Malik lobbied the USSF board to remove a rule prohibiting peaceful protest during the [[national anthem]] played or performed before every match.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abc11.com/ncfc-couragem-steve-malik-kneeling-during-national-anthem-peaceful-protest-black-lives/6243199/ |title=NCFC, Courage owner, players walking the walk for social justice |date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |work=[[WTVD-TV]] |first=Mark |last=Armstrong}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/soccer/us-soccer-kneeling-ban-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-20200608.html |title=U.S. Soccer board members moving to end ban on players kneeling during national anthem |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |first=Jonathan |last=Tannenwald}}</ref> Malik was replaced on the council by [[Lisa Baird]] in 2021 upon her hiring by the league as its new commissioner.<ref name="espn-baird-board"/><ref>{{cite report |url=https://cdn.ussoccer.com/-/media/project/ussf/governance/2021/edits/2020226board-meeting-minutesapproved.ashx?la=en-us&rev=81b9f92cb70c430499536f826c7f5862&hash=A510D216C43B1F342263C517E055EE80 |title=Minutes, United States Soccer Federation, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting |date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]] |quote=[[Cindy Parlow Cone|Ms. Cone]] began by welcoming Lisa Baird as the new Board member that took Steve Malik’s place.}}</ref>
On November 27, 2017, NASL asked USSF to remove Malik from the board of directors due to a conflict of interest created when Malik moved North Carolina FC from NASL to USL and pursued a MLS expansion bid.<ref name="espn-nasl-remove"/>
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