The turmoil in CONCACAF has spread and Chuck Blazer may be in trouble.

The USA representative on the FIFA Executive Committee has been accused of overseeing financial irregularities and is also considering a lawsuit against FIFA over unpaid TV commissions. CONCACAF is still under heavy scrutiny following the scandal that saw former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner resign in disgrace over bribery allegations.

"I'm retiring to spend more time with my iPod."Chuck Blazer, CONCACAF's General Secretary, will step down at the end of the year he announced today. Blazer, a frequent homeless person impersonator, will still remain a member of FIFA's Executive Committee.

"My passion for soccer is undiminished and it is time for me to explore new challenges within this wonderful sport," Blazer said in a statement.

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.

When it was announced on December 2nd that Qatar were to hold the 2022 World Cup, football fans around the globe collectively spat their coffee across the room in disbelief. Heck, I bet even the people of Qatar were in a state of shock when Sepp Blatter pulled their nation from the envelope.

Altidore out: U.S. striker Jozy Altidore, as expected, is out of the Gold Cup after being stretchered off with a hamstring injury last weekend against Jamaica (AP Photo).

*Jozy Altidore's international career was rapidly moving toward irrelevancy until his two goals in the Gold Cup hinted yet again at his still as yet unfulfilled promise.

By FRANCO PANIZO

The dream of plenty of soccer fans has come true. Jack Warner has quit FIFA.

Currently suspended due to bribery allegations, Warner has resigned as a committee member of the sport's governing body and from his position as head of CONCACAF, FIFA said on Monday.

By CALEB SONNELAND

It can only go from bad to worse for FIFA and its continued war against corruption.

Currently suspended FIFA vice president Jack Warner claims he has no intention of meeting with investigators looking into the bribery allegations surrounding the troubled organization.

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"As suspended Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam departs Zurich fighting bribery allegations, soccer in his continent of Asia struggles to combat match-fixing, violence and money issues that threaten to tarnish the Qatari's belief that the future is Asia," a Reuters report has concluded.

The acting president of the Asian Football Confederation, Mr Zhang Jilong of China, has said his first priority is to stabilise his organisation. Mr Zhang was appointed temporary chief of the AFC after president Mohamed bin Hammam was suspended by the world football body, FIFA, over bribery allegations.

Chuck Blazer's, FIFA's USA member whistleblowing has irked the CFU

In all of the talk of FIFA "reform" and "breakaways", let us not lose sight of CONCACAF as one of the most dysfunctional regional associations.

After all, this "crisis" was precipitated by Chuck Blazer's whistleblowing of $40,000 bribes being paid out in a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) arranged by Jack Warner in lieu of votes for Mohammed Bin Hammam, the challenger to Sepp Blatter.

Brandishing the (apparently all but worthless) FIFA Code of Ethics, a not exactly contrite Sepp Blatter went on the offensive in Switzerland today, scolding reporters and upbraiding some fellow FIFA officials (AP Photos).

FIFA President Sepp Blatter may deny it, but the world's governing body has been shaken to the core and no resolution is in sight.

FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and controversial CONCACAF chief Jack Warner have been summoned to face the governing body's ethics commission over bribery allegations.

Simply explosive news coming from FIFA headquarters this morning, as Reuters and London's Daily Telegraph report that CONCACAF president Jack Warner, AFC president (and FIFA presidential candidate) Mohammed Bin Hammam, and two Caribbean Football Union officials will be investigated by FIFA for bribery allegations.

LONDON, England The English Football Association (FA) is to abstain from voting in the upcoming FIFA presidential election between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam, it was announced Thursday. FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement there were a "range of issues" which made it "difficult" to vote for incumbent Blatter or Asian [.

Sepp Blatter whose cronies are the ones square in the eye of the present bribery allegations is now flapping his gums about corruption.

Yes, all window dressing for an election year. FIFA is very, very concerned about Lord Triesman's allegations against some very high ranking executive members.

As the title suggests, we have over 30 links covering everything from the upcoming Section 8 Watch Parties, the Fire practicing in the community, Chicago Red Stars news, FIFA bribery allegations, MLS Cup in Los Angeles, and the list goes on. It's your latest Chicago Soccer Smolderings.

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Section 8 Watch Parties for May 2011

The Fire are out of town for two games in a row in the middle of May, but Section 8 Chicago has planned some great watch parties to help meet your Fire (and beer) needs.

Had difficulty keeping up with events in Indonesia re the PSSI and FIFA so here's what FIFA have to say.
Indonesia (PSSI): the PSSI should organise the general assembly on 26 March 2011 to elect the electoral commission and adopt an electoral code based on the FIFA standard electoral code. The electoral commission will then organise elections before 30 April 2011.