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Editor's Note: Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but It bends toward justice”. Sometimes we American soccer fans get wrapped up in the day-to-day, Monday morning quarterbacking (or centerbacking), knee-jerk reactions and miss out on the big picture.

By DAN KARELL

Just 54 days before the start of the tournament, CONCACAF debutedthe 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup trophy at a press conference on Tuesday in Mexico City.

The new trophy uses the original design of the cup and is sculpted in metal with gold plating. It also features larger handles than the prior version, formed at a sharper angle.

By DAN KARELL

When a report into alleged fraud and financial malcontent was released on April 19, former CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer likely knew that his days in FIFA were numbered.

In a move that could be seen from a mile away, FIFA's Ethics Committee chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert announced that Chuck Blazer had been banned from taking part in any national or international soccer activities for a maximum period of 90 days.

The last time we checked in Sepp Blatter and associates, Sepp was jetting off to the Caribbean, while the rest of the world sat wringing it's hands in nervous anticipation of Brazil meeting stadium deadlines for next year's World Cup. But before Sepp catches a flight back to Zurich, he might want to stop for a chat with the fine folks from the CONCACAF region.

Photo by ISIPhotos.com

By DAN KARELL

Sunil Gulati is ready to hit the ground running once he starts his position as a member of the 25-person FIFA Executive Committee this May.

Speaking to reporters in a conference call on Monday, the U.S. Soccer president commented on everything from transparency in FIFA to a potential World Cup in the United States.

By IVES GALARCEP

Sunil Gulati already had his share of clout in the soccer world, but after Friday's vote to select a new FIFA Executive Committee representative from North America, Gulati is that much more powerful.

The U.S. Soccer President can now add FIFA ExCo member to his title after edging out Mexican Soccer Federation president Justino Compean by the narrowest of margins.

Sunil Gulati, the current president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), has been elected to the FIFA Executive Committee after an extremely narrow margin. Gulati won the vote 18-17, defeating runner-up FMF PresidentJustino Compean, of Mexico.

Chuck Blazer previously held the CONCACAF seat on the FIFA Executive Committee, one in which he had for 17 years.

By IVES GALARCEP

When Chuck Blazer turned whistleblower on former friend and confidant Jack Warner back in 2011, accusing him and other officials in the CONCACAF region of corruption, you just knew it would eventually lead to the airing of some serious dirty laundry and potentially the downfall of both Blazer and Warner.