Cayman Islands FA president Jeffrey Webb is now the 4th president of the CONCACAF confederation. He was the lone candidate for the position (29 nominations out of the 40 members) and was voted by acclamation at the CONCACAF congress in Budapest today. Webb has the administrative experience from years of service at the national FA, CFU, CONCACAF, and FIFA committees, and has accumulated the contacts that go along with such service.

Jeffrey Webb is now officially the president of CONCACAF. Webb was elected on Wednesday in Budapest during CONCACAF's meeting as part of FIFA's Congress. Webb ran unopposed. Representing the Cayman Islands, Webb was previously president of the Caribbean Football Union, a subsidiary of CONCACAF. "Over the last year our mission and our vision have been blurred, from lawyers, to audit reports to compensation, we have deviated from our mission," Webb said in his acceptance speech.

CONCACAF announced a few days ago that Jeffrey Webb, a banker and current president of the Cayman Islands FA, will be the only candidate for the CONCACAF presidency. The vote won't occur until CONCACAF's Extraordinary Congress in Budapest in late May, but given that Webb received endorsements from 25 of the 40 member associations, something significant would have to happen for him to lose support.

CONCACAF released a press release on Thursday announcing that Cayman Islands Football Association president Jeffrey Webb will be the only name on the ballot for the vacant CONCACAF presidency when elections are held on May 23rd. "I would like to acknowledge and thank the CONCACAF member associations from across the Confederation that have demonstrated their confidence in me through their support of my nomination for president.

By FRANCO PANIZO

The final round of matches in the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying might as well not be played, as all the teams to advance are now known.

The six teams to secure their passage into the third round of qualifying were finalized on Friday, with Canada being one of the teams to secure its passage.

Morning all, and a happy hallowe'en to you all.

I wonder what John Terry is dressing up as tonight? Slipenstein? Stumbledore? Black Ice-T? Devon Loch? Whatever it is, he'll be watching Robin fang Persie ease away from him to round the twat in the hat to score.

The warm glow from Saturday remains.

England is a point away from cementing a place at the 2012 European championships, but the Three Lions will have to earn that point on the road at Montenegro.

That match is one of the few highlights among the day's European qualifiers, in addition to the anticipated matchup between Germany and Turkey.

While the U.S. is building towards their entrance into World Cup qualifying in third round, action continues in the second round with a host of qualifiers during this international window. Keep a close eye on Groups E and F, which will send their group winners to face the United States and Jamaica in the next phase.

Canada's quest to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has started off in fine fashion.

After beating St. Lucia convincingly on Friday, the Canadians topped Puerto Rico by a 3-0 scoreline on the road behind goals from Iain Hume, Simeon Jackson and Tossaint Ricketts to take early control of Group D on Tuesday.

Joined in progress, it's the second matchday of the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Here we go: [Group B] Barbados 0-2 Trinidad & Tobago F [Group A] Dominican Republic 1-1 Suriname F [Group F] US Virgin Islands 1-8 Antigua & Barbuda F [Group E] Belize 1-2 Guatemala F [Group D] St. Lucia 2-4 St.

The international fixtures for the month of September got underway all across the globe on Friday, but no game came close to the Netherlands' match versus San Marino in terms of lopsidedness.

Playing in a Group E European Championship qualifier, the Netherlands scored nearly a dozen goals as it defeated San Marino 11-0.

Today CONCACAF World Cup qualifying starts for 19 more national associations in the confederation, with matches going on from Toronto to Georgetown. (Or is Paramaribo further south?) This post will be updated throughout the day with results and events as they come in, but I'll be working so it will be more of a semi-live blog.

Hopes for a detailed preview went out of the window thanks to business matters, and with the first qualifiers kicking off in a little over an hour right now there won't be much time for an in-depth analysis. Nevertheless, here is a look at the six groups and my expectations for how things will shake out.

The Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol, FESFUT, has officially launched the El Salvador Mitre 2011/13 home jersey. Los Cuscatlecos' new home kit will be used for the first time when El Salvador meets Copa America 2011 semi-finalist Venezuela in an international friendly on August 7th in the United States.

FIFA conducted the World Cup qualification draw in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
Under the CONCACAF Qualifying system, there will now be a 2nd Round group stage that the United States will not be involved in. The USA enters in Round 3, where they will face fellow seeded team Jamaica along with the winners of Round 2's Groups E and F.

English football was shocked by the arrest in Hong Kong of Carson Yeung Ka-sing, the chief and single-largest shareholder of Birmingham City FC's HKSE-listed holding company, Birmingham International Holdings, an investment, entertainment and sportswear firm registered in the Cayman Islands. BIH shares were suspended from trading.