By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
June 4 – One year after becoming CONCACAF president amid the most turbulent period in its history, Jeffrey Webb says the confederation has already started to clean up its act and regain confidence after being brought to its knees by scandal and in-fighting.
By Paul Nicholson
June 3 – England football icon David Beckham’s love affair with the US continues. He was back in America this weekend visiting Miami and discussing the opportunity for an MLS expansion team in South Florida.
By Paul Nicholson
May 22 – Former CONCACAF president Jack Warner has hit back at the confederation’s Integrity Committee report that blackened his name even further following the cash for votes scandal that lead to his resignation from the sport in 2011.
By Mark Baber
May 22 – A 20th MLS franchise has been announced for New York – New York City Football Club (NYCFC) – owned by Manchester City and the New York Yankees. The team is expected to make its league debut in 2015.
By Mark Baber
May 6 – Relatives of Ricardo Portillo held a candlelight vigil on Sunday in memory of the 46 year old Salt Lake City referee who died on Saturday night, a week after being punched by a 17-year old to whom he had given a yellow card.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 6 – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned as a politician in his native Trinidad following explosive revelations about the way he ran football as head of CONCACAF, is refusing to go without a legal fight.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 26 – Embattled former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, renowned for his often outrageous rants during a scandal-tarnished career in football, launched one final no-holds-barred attack on his critics Thursday as he reluctantly stepped down as a politician in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
April 26 – Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber has said the league is hoping to announce a second franchise in New York in the next four to six weeks. That team will not be the New York Cosmos.
By Mark Baber
April 22 – In a move that is being presented in some quarters as retaliation for their loss to USA in a blizzard in Colorado and in others as expected, the Costa Rican football federation has asked FIFA permission to play the return leg at the Saprissa Stadium which is known as “the Monster’s Cave”.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 22 – The career of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner lies in tatters after he resigned from the Trinidad and Tobago government following explosive new accusations of corruption during his time as football’s most controversial powerbroker.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 19 – Sunil Gulati, head of the United States Soccer Federation, was narrowly elected to FIFA’s executive committee by CONCACAF on Friday, defeating his only rival, Mexico’s Justino Compean, by a single vote.
By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
April 19 – Jack Warner (right) and Chuck Blazer (left), the one-time double act who fell out spectacularly and ended up as bitter foes, were denounced as “fraudulent in their management” of CONCACAF by an official report today.
By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
April 19 – A year after the most blood-letting and bitter summit in its history, a detailed report into serious financial mismanagement within CONCACAF will be presented to members at their Congress in Panama today.
By Mark Baber
April 17 – Peter Siemsen, president of Brazil’s Fluminense Football Club, said the Brazilian champions are looking to buy a team in the US.
By Tom Parsons
April 17 – NBC sports group will air all 380 Barclays Premier League games during the 2013/14 season live on its networks. The US broadcaster will present the games across their platforms as well as streaming them live via NBC’s Sport live extra service on desktop, mobile and tablets.