bribes and, 145, 156–58, 177, 179, 212, 216–18, 222, 237, 249
CarePay and, 228
at CONCACAF congress (2015), 238–41
as CONCACAF president, 141, 143, 144, 154, 155, 177–80, 216, 278–79
dismissal of, 279
Ferrari of, 245, 271
guilty plea of, 278
Hawilla and, 156–58
indictment of, 249, 279
Paez and, 244
Sanz and, 140–41, 144, 155–57, 177–78, 244
Watson and, 227, 228, 240–41, 244
wealth and lifestyle of, 179, 240, 244–45
Weber, Richard, 246, 256
Welch, Thomas K., 96
Wells Fargo, 228
Westchester Youth Soccer League, 38
Western Union, 140
William, Prince, 49
Wilson, Frank J., 87–88
wire fraud, 206, 209–10, 236, 248, 265, 300
wiretaps, 165
wire transfers, 91–92, 131
CHIPS, 92–93, 105, 130–32, 198, 225
Fedwire, 92–93, 105, 130–32, 198, 225
Women’s World Cup, 136
World Cup, 10–19, 23, 27–29, 31–33, 36, 39–43, 48–53, 54, 55, 57–62, 100, 117–25, 126–28, 134, 149, 166, 182, 224, 268, 287, 291, 296
1986, 39
1990, 296
1994, 58, 99, 146, 209
1998, 31, 134, 209
2002, 32, 209
2006, 36, 61, 144
2010, 10, 13, 14, 42–43, 48, 69, 121, 134–37, 146, 205, 210, 262
2014, 136, 139, 231
2018, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 49, 50, 141, 144, 149, 233, 257, 269, 272, 273, 294–97
2022, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 48–50, 55, 141, 144, 176, 186, 233, 257, 283, 287, 294, 295
first, 47, 78, 79
qualifiers for, 60, 61, 119–22, 137, 139, 143, 144, 157, 158, 160, 178, 216, 218–20, 237, 295–96
ticket scalping and, 48, 167–68, 205–7, 209
U.S. elimination from, 296, 297
Yeltsin, Boris, 16
Youth Soccer Association, 37–38
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