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Former soccer player Marco Van Basten arrives to attend the Best FIFA soccer awards, in Milan's La Scala theater, northern Italy, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk is up against five-time winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the FIFA best player award and United States forward Megan Rapinoe is the favorite for the women's award. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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FILE- In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino shake hands during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Russia and New Zealand, at the St. Petersburg Stadium, in St. Petersburg, Russia. When FIFA's Gianni Infantino sat with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening game June 17, the host nation was under a cloud, facing pressure over widespread doping in multiple, fan racism and a reported 17 deaths during construction of World Cup stadiums. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool File Photo via AP)
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Jorge Arzuaga, 56, a former Argentine banker, leaves federal court after pleading guilty to a U.S. charge linked to investigations of FIFA--the international soccer governing body, Thursday June 15, 2017, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Jorge Arzuaga, 56, right, a former Argentine banker, leaves federal court after pleading guilty to a U.S. charge linked to investigations of FIFA--the international soccer governing body, Thursday June 15, 2017, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, left, and Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbely speak after a FIFA ethics press conference in Manama, Bahrain, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Hundreds of prosecutions of suspected wrongdoing by soccer officials will be affected by President Gianni Infantino firing FIFA's top judge and prosecutor. (AP Photo/Rob Harris)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 29, 2017 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives a press conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of prosecutions of suspected wrongdoing by soccer officials will be affected by President Gianni Infantino firing FIFA's top judge and prosecutor. The ousted investigator, Cornel Borbely, said Wednesday, May 10, 2017, that the workload — heavier than even most FIFA critics imagined — of the ethics committee will be impeded by the firing that Infantino sprung on his ruling council a day earlier. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 29, 2017 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives a press conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An accelerated process to hand North America the 2026 World Cup is set to be approved by soccer leaders this week, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino hoping for a "bulletproof" process to avoid past voting scandals. The United States, Canada, and Mexico are seeking an unchallenged path to co-hosting rights for the 2026 showpiece, if FIFA's technical requirements are met by next year "It's an interesting, original proposal and we will discuss it tomorrow at the council and present the recommendation to the congress," Infantino told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2017 .(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)
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FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 file photo of the then FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, left, and Sepp Blatter, President of the International Soccer Federation FIFA share a word during a press conference after a two-day executive committee meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA has sent 1,300 pages of internal investigation reports into suspected bribery and corruption implicating world soccer leaders to Switzerland’s attorney general. However, FIFA said Friday March 31, 2017 it was legally barred from publishing the full reports or commenting on the evidence or conclusions. (Alessandro Della Bella/ Keystone, File via AP)
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A plain slate wall in the reception of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Thursday, March 23, 2017. FIFA has removed a monolithic reminder of former president Sepp Blatter from its headquarters. (AP Photo/Graham Dunbar)
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FILE - This is a Friday, May 21, 2004 file photo of FIFA President Sepp Blatter, left, as he speaks with vice-president Issa Hayatou on the second day of the 54th FIFA congress in Paris . Issa Hayatou on Thursday March 16, 2017 was voted out as president of the African soccer confederation after 29 years and will be replaced by Ahmad of Madagascar. Hayatou will also lose his position as a FIFA vice president and his place on the body's ruling council. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 file photo, then Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou of Cameroon sits on the podium during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland. Hayatou's reign could end at the Confederation of African Football's general assembly in Ethiopia on Thursday, March 16, 2017, after nearly 30 years as the head of the African soccer confederation and a top FIFA executive. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2016 file photo FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, and Vitaly Mutko, Russia's deputy prime minister in charge of sport, tourism and youth policies, arrive for a news briefing ahead of the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. Russia World Cup head Mutko has been barred from seeking re-election to FIFA's top decision-making body after failing an eligibility check because of his role as a deputy prime minister of Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)
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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 file photo, Argentina's former soccer player Diego Maradona, right, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino share a laugh during a soccer match with FIFA Legends at the home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA’s peacemaking with Diego Maradona has led to an ambassador’s role for the Argentina great, announced late Thursday Feb. 9, 2017 by Maradona. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Guam's captain Jason Cunliffe, right, and teammate Adolf DeLaGarza, left, chase India's Eugenson Lyngdoh as it rains during their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match in Bangalore, India. Less than two years after the team from tiny Guam drew international attention in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup, the football story in the northern Pacific island has turned to one of broken dreams. Prior to June 2015, the United States territory, which joined FIFA only in 1996, had lost its only two World Cup qualifiers with a combined score of 35-0. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, May 29, 2011 file photo, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed bin Hammam arrives for an ethics hearing over alleged bribery during his campaign for the FIFA presidency, at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. A former aide to one-time FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam has been banned for life in a bribery case. (Steffen Schmidt/Keystone via AP, File)
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Gianni Infantino, FIFA President speaks after the FIFA Council meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
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Gianni Infantino, FIFA President speaks after the FIFA Council meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
