April 7 – CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb hosted UEFA president Michel Platini in the Cayman Islands this weekend. The two confederation chiefs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “for mutual co-operation towards the development of the game”.
Platini was arriving in the region just after CONCACAF federation Costa Rica had completing the hosting of the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup which Japan won, beating Spain 2-0 in the final. Platini missed the Costa Rica event but will continue his Caribbean trip visiting Grenada, Barbados and, Antigua and Barbuda.
The MoU signed between Platini and Webb is the culmination of what was said to be long dialogue between the two confederations and “similar in nature to that signed between CONCACAF and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in April 2013.”
A CONCACAF statement said “the agreement is a framework to provide CONCACAF with technical assistance and support, while fostering cooperation and dialogue for the purpose of building a strong legacy with sporting, social, cultural and educational benefits.”
“This is another important step as part of CONCACAF’s new vision of integration, which aims at gathering the best know-how from each global football community to be able to customize it for the good of the development of our game,” said Webb.
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