This says it all:
'Qatari club... failed to qualify for the tournament and was only granted entry after a Vietnamese team was barred for failing to submit the correct documentation... Al Sadd lost both legs in the quarterfinals but still made it to the last four. After losing, 1-0, at home to Sepahan, the Asian confederation gave the losers a 3-0 win after discovering that the Iranian team had fielded an ineligible player.

How many bribery allegations can a Chuck Blazer chuck? The American soccer bureaucrat has announced his resignation from the region's governing body of soccer (AP Photo).

Of course, since Chuck Blazer, the second in command at CONCACAF made the bribery allegations he, too, has come under scrutiny for his offshore bank accounts (which are not mentioned in this story by Associated Press Sports Writer Ronald Blum:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chuck Blazer is resigning as the No.

Chuck Blazer's run as secretary general of CONCACAF will come to a close at the end of this year.

Blazer told the Associated Press that he'll be resigning from his post in December after a 21-year run in the position. Blazer added that he will maintain his position on FIFA's executive committee, for which he won't potentially be up for re-election until 2013.

FIFA has come down hard hard on North Korea for having players test positive during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, including excluding the team from participating in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. That means that should the USA qualify for 2015, it will not play the North Koreans for what would have been the FIFTH straight Women's World Cup.

STARTERS
Seattle Sounders v New York Red Bulls - last night - attendance: 46,065 - amazing. Seattle knows how to do it right.
dN
Inter Milan has named Gian Piero Gasperini as its new manager.
-He was fired last fall by Genoa.
THE FIFA SCANDAL STORY NEVER ENDS
The Trinidad Guardian reports that Jack Warner's resignation is the only thing that kept him from being found guilty by the FIFA ethics committee.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (May 12, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Calm down everybody. FIFA presidential candidate and Asian Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam has let us know that FIFA's problem isn't corruption, but reputation. "However, under the current status quo it is impossible to deny that the governing body's reputation has been sullied beyond compare and it is time for that to change," Bin Hammam wrote on his official site.

Ever since the announcement of Qatar winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup, there has been a lot of grumblings about the fairness of the FIFA Executive committee as well as those who said they were supposed to be voting for the USA but decided to go another way.

Since then I have been discussing on my Internet show the different stories that portrayed a very negative light on FIFA -- when they would move the World Cup from the extreme hot temperatures in June and July into the winter months during the European seasons.

Asia will begin the race to the FIFA World Cup 2014™. Ahead of the Preliminary Draw in Brazil on 30 July 2011, teams from the Asian continent will contest a preliminary round of matches. The draw for this first round takes place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.

The first round will consist of seven home-and-away series, featuring the 14 lowest ranked teams in Asia.

BERNE, Switzerland Japan moved into the top 20 of the FIFA world rankings on Wednesday after winning the Asian Cup last month while world champions Spain stayed in first place. Japan's record fourth Asian title which they won in Qatar lifted them 12 places to 17th, making them the Asian confederation's highest-ranked side.

DOHA, Qatar – Socceroo striker Tim Cahill is racing the clock to be fit for Australia's Asian Cup semi-final against Uzbekistan next Tuesday. Asked yesterday if he would play, Cahill said only: "I hope so." Cahill was touch and go for the Iraq match, after badly bruising a thigh against Bahrain. He managed to play [.