Confederation News

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean Football Union president Jack Warner called for the reinstatement of Antigua and Barbuda and sought more participation by teams in the region's tournaments, telling delegates at the CFU Congress that the federations must improve their coaching. READ MORE >

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Former Trinidad international Russell Latapy has had the interim tag removed from his title as manager of the Soca Warriors, agreeing to a two-year contract to coach the side. READ MORE >

ZURICH, Switzerland - FIFA approved an additional $3 million Thursday to aid in the rebuilding of Haitian football infrastructure, devastated by last month's earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000. READ MORE >

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - CONCACAF President Jack Warner returned from a visit to earthquake ravaged Haiti Monday, vowing to rebuild the football federation's devastated headquarters and get soccer in the country moving again. READ MORE >

CONCACAF President Jack Warner received congratulations Monday from FIFA President Sepp Blatter on his Trinidad internal party election victory, calling it "a vibrant testimony" of his political career. READ MORE >

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Carlos Ortiz Cardoza, a referee for 20 years in his native El Salvador, died Monday from complications after a recent illness. He was 62. READ MORE >

CONCACAF President Jack Warner expressed his condolences to Haitian Football Federation President Yves Jean Bart regarding Tuesday's earthquake, writing in a letter that he was "deeply saddened by this tragedy which has taken so many lives and wreaked so much destruction." READ MORE >

CARSON, California - Mexican Apertura champion Monterrey defeated America 3-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to claim the 2010 InterLiga title and a place in the start of next month's Copa Libertadores. READ MORE >

NEW YORK - CONCACAF will work with each national association to identify and install its own head of referee development, the main focus for the confederation's officiating efforts in 2010. READ MORE >

NEW YORK - Canada, Mexico and the United States will play off against the seven Central American nations for five places in the CONCACAF men's youth championships beginning with the 2011 tournament, a change approved Monday by the confederation's Executive Committee. READ MORE >