Monterrey (Mexico) (AFP) – Two-time defending champion United States blanked Haiti 3-0 on Monday in the opening match of the CONCACAF W tournament, a regional qualifier for the 2023 Women's World Cup and 2024 Olympics. The two-time reigning Women's World Cup champion United States seized a 2-0 half-time lead through goals by Alex Morgan in the […]

Miami (AFP) – Gold Cup champion United States will open final-round North American qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on September 2 at El Salvador under a match schedule released on Monday. The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) unveiled matches for September and October in the "Octagonal" round-robin tournament to […]

CBS Sports today announced the details of an agreement for Paramount+, ViacomCBS’ subscription streaming service, to serve as the exclusive English-language home in the US of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for the CONCACAF region of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The deal includes six away matches for both […]

Four years ago CONCACAF sent four teams to the World Cup: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Somewhat remarkably three of those four teams made it to the knockout rounds: USA and Mexico both advanced as far as the Round of 16. Mexico would eventually loose, on a controversial penalty, to the Netherlands. The US […]

Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) – The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) on Thursday asked FIFA to bring forward plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams in time for the 2022 tournament in Qatar. The competition is due to be enlarged from 32 teams to 48 in time for the 2026 finals, which will […]

In the next week, there'll be more than 50 soccer games televised live on television and/or streaming to viewers in the United States featuring a huge variety of matches. There will be World Cup qualifiers such as Mexico against USA and Scotland vs. England. And there'll also be plenty of exciting friendlies including Brazil versus […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced on Monday that it has selected four first-time hosts among its 14 venues to stage the 2017 Gold Cup tournament. The four hosts comprise the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas; FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio; Levi's Stadium in Santa […]

With the upcoming release of two new investigative journalism pieces by HBO and CBS, don't be surprised if there'll be some nervous days ahead at the headquarters of the US Soccer Federation in Chicago, Illinois. First up is an interview with several US Women's National Team players, which will appear on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA's ethics commission on Friday called for a life ban from football for the former head of the CONCACAF federation and former Honduras federation president Alfredo Hawit on corruption charges. Hawit was extradited from Switzerland last January to the United States to face charges a month after his arrest in Zurich on […]

Zurich (AFP) – Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been banned from all football-related activities for life by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's Ethics Committee, world football's governing body confirmed on Friday. Webb was found guilty of charges including conflicts of interest and bribery and corruption. He was also fined one million Swiss francs ($1.024 […]

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund teenager Christian Pulisic scored twice as the United States thrashed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6-0 on Friday to edge closer to a place in the final round of CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. A first half flurry of goals from Bobby Wood, […]

The 4th Round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying comes to a close Friday, September 2 and Tuesday, September 6 with the final 2 matchdays of the round. Reminder: The top 2 teams from each of the 4 groups advance to the 5th and final round of qualifying (the Hexagonal where the top 3 gain a […]

New York (AFP) – Copa America Centenario organizers said Friday they are open to staging a joint tournament featuring teams from North and South America every four years but the possibility has not yet been discussed in detail.  This year's special edition of the Copa America, which brought together teams from South America (CONMEBOL) and […]

New York (AFP) – A US judge on Thursday delayed until November 18 the sentencing of disgraced FIFA former vice president Jeffrey Webb in the sweeping corruption scandal rocking world soccer. The 51-year-old from the Cayman Islands was scheduled to become the first defendant sentenced in the FIFA scandal in New York on Friday after […]

Miami (AFP) – Former NBA executive Philippe Moggio has been appointed as the new general secretary of CONCACAF, it was announced Thursday, in the latest move designed to help improve the scandal-tainted organization's image. Moggio, the NBA's former senior vice president and managing director for Latin America, will also serve as CONCACAF's chief executive when […]