A little more than three months ago, plans were set for the 2016 Copa Centenario. Contracts with 10 host cities were set to be executed. The tournament was supposed to be a showcase for the USA’sorganizational skills, less than a year before FIFA was to award the hosting rights to the 2026 World Cup. Then […]
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What They're Saying: Italian Serie B president Andrea Abodi
“Respect has to come first. And that’s where this green card comes into play. We’re happy to be a laboratory for Serie A. But that’s not for us to decide. We’ve got to work on our own reputationnow.” — Italian Serie B president Andrea Abodi on “green cards” that will be used by referees in […]
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What They're Saying: Carolina RailHawks fan Howie Perl
“You’d think if corruption at all touched the RailHawks, that they’d be really good and buying their way to success. It’s mind-blowing.” — CarolinaRailHawks fan Howie Perl on the NASL club’s ties to Traffic Sports USA. “Traffic Out” and for-sale signs appear at RailHawks games protesting the club’sconnection to the FIFA scandals. Traffic’s involvement is […]
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Reports: High-powered lawyer presses NASL demands
Sports attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who represented MLS players in the 1996 lawsuit against MLS, its owners and U.S. Soccer, is sticking his legal thorn into U.S.Soccer again. The Financial Times and New York Daily News reported that Kessler is representing the NASL and demandingthat U.S. Soccer reconsider proposed changes to its Division I standards that […]
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What They're Saying: Bill Edwards
“As with any large business, Mortgage Investors Corporation has been involved in civil lawsuits over the years. This is one of them. I cannot comment on ongoing litigation other than to say that I amconfident we will ultimately prevail, and that this suit will not impact my other business endeavors.” — Tampa Bay Rowdies owner […]
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Former USL PRO coach cleared on homicide charges
Chris Spendlove, a former OKC Energy FC assistant coach, was cleared on charges in the death of an off-duty police officer in his hometown of Liverpool. He hadhad his contract terminated in December 2014 but plans to rejoin the second-year USL club after he was cleared on charges of murder, manslaughter, assault and wounding. Spendlove […]
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What They're Saying: Letter from Crossfire to FIFA
“USSF and MLS appear to behave in a conspiratorial manner, acting side-by-side to deny U.S. youth soccer clubs any training compensation and solidarity fees because they are afraid that the damwill burst and MLS will have to pay training compensation. Although not specifically relevant to the relief that Crossfire and the U.S. youth soccer clubs […]
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Report: Chuck Blazer story and FIFA scandals to become movie
Ben Affleck and Mat Damon will produce the story of the Chuck Blazer, at the heart of the FIFA scandals, the HollywoodReporter reported. Warner Brothers secured the rights to Houses of Deceit, a book beingwritten by BuzzFeed investigative reporter Ken Bensinger on Blazer, the former FIFA and Concacaf executive who turned FBI informant in the […]
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What They're Saying: Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber
“This is a dynamic process. It could really go everywhere and that is why I don’t want to tell you which direction I put my focus. I have coercive measures and I am independent.” — Swissattorney general Michael Lauber, on his investigation of FIFA’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid process that he says has […]
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Chuck Blazer's plea agreement: what he paid
The unsealing of the plea agreement between former FIFA executive committee member and Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer and federal prosecutors confirmedwhat had been suspected for months. He had become an undercover informant working for the U.S. law enforcement authorities investigating FIFA, but it revealed the extent of what he gave up to strike adeal […]