Coronavirus: US men cancel October training camp but aim for Euro trip in November
September 23 – The American men’s national team won’t play or train during October’s international window because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Concacaf
Gold Cup draw set. Qatar to debut but Trinidad and Tobago on brink of oblivion
September 21 – Concacaf has scheduled its first ever Gold Cup draw for Monday 28 September. AFC Champions Qatar, who will guest in the competition, will be in the fourth pot with the winning three teams from the preliminary qualifiers which will be played the week before the finals start in July 2021.
Trinidad and Tobago suspension looms as ‘United TTFA’ given 4 days to drop court action
By Paul Nicholson
September 18 – FIFA have given the dissident former Trinidad and Tobago FA board until 3pm (AST) on September 23 to withdraw all court claims against the world governing body or face suspension.
Former TTFA chief denies he has hidden FIFA cash in Panama
By Paul Nicholson
September 18 – With the Trinidad and Tobago FA teetering on the brink of suspension by FIFA, the country’s displaced former ‘United TTFA’ board, their supporters and supporting media have continued their obsession with former president David John-Williams (pictured left).
2023 debutants St Louis City break MLS season ticket deposit records
September 18 – St Louis City, who debut in the MLS in 2023, have broken records for season ticket deposits with 50,000 registered in the first 24 hours of the offer going online.
Covid concerns force Concacaf to move start of 2022 World Cup qualifiers to March 2021
September 9 – Concacaf have shifted their World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers back from the October and November international match windows into 2021, following regional uncertainty around whether the spread of the coronavirus will make it possible to get games played.
Asian Cup Champions Qatar to guest at Gold Cup in US
By Paul Nicholson
September 3 – Qatar will play as a guest nation in the next two editions of the Gold Cup in the US , the blue riband national team event for Concacaf’s member countries, in 2021 and 2023. The Asian Cup Champions are also scheduled to guest at Conmebol’s Copa America in 2021 as they prepare for their own hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
Concacaf expands its Gold Cup with new knock-out round and updated draw structure
By Paul Nicholson
September 3 – Concacaf has further expanded its bi-annual Gold Cup with a series of changes that increase member nation participation and the integrity of the competition structure.
FIFA steps into Venezuelan power vacuum with Normalisation Committe
September 3 – Venezuela is the latest country to have its affairs run by FIFA after being plunged into yet more turmoil.
Reports: Warner laid low by coronavirus
September 3 – The coronavirus has reached parts that not even the US Justice Department could reach. Trinidad press is reporting that world football’s most wanted, Jack Warner (not Lionel Messi), has tested positive for Covid-19.
TTFA chair Hadad tells former boss Wallace to stop the lies and ‘do the right thing’
September 2 – The chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Normalisation Committee Robert Hadad has written to the former president of the TTFA William Wallace telling him he has “completely ignored the truth”, has conducted a campaign of “misinformation and disinformation”, and in his tone is “offensive” to the people of Trinidad.
With time running out, United TTFA chief hunts for help from Asia’s football leaders
By Paul Nicholson
September 1 – Despite calls from clubs, players and government to the ousted TTFA president William Wallace and his board to drop the legal complaint against FIFA in the Trinidad and Tobago courts, Wallace is refusing to back down and has written to confederation presidents and member associations with a plea for support.
MLS cancels mid-week matches to join protests against Jacob Blake shooting and US racism
August 27 – Major League Soccer cancelled five games that were due to be played on Wednesday (yesterday) joining a wave of boycotts in US sports, with NBA play-off games, baseball and tennis matches all called off in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Covid restrictions force early end to Caribbean Club Shield and Club Championship
August 26 – Caribbean travel restrictions and a compacted match calendar with few dates left have forced Concacaf to abandon the Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship for 2020.
Wallace rant warns that FIFA is like the British Empire. What next, a return to slavery?
By Paul Nicholson
August 24 – William Wallace, removed from the presidency of the Trinidad and Tobago FA by a FIFA Normalisation Committee just three months after being elected to office, is not backing down in the dispute to have the legality of board’s removal contested in Trinidad rather than at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.