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Argentina's Florencia Bonsegundo, left, shoots a penalty kick to score an equaliser goal during the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Scotland and Argentina at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Bonsegundo scored in the extra time and the match ended in a 3-3 draw. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

FIFA makes penalty shootout rule change during World Cup

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 file photo, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura meets with Spain's Sports Minister Ínigo Mendez de Vigo in Madrid, Spain. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has asked his deputies to approve appointing secretary general Fatma Samoura to a temporary role to clean up African soccer. Samoura would become FIFA General Delegate for Africa for an initial six months from August 2019 as part of an urgent audit of the Confederation of African Football on finances. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Rift grows over FIFA placing Samoura in Africa clean-up role

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated June 17, 1986, Michel Platini, left, of France dribbles past Italian forward Alessandro Altobelli in their World Cup eight finals in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. France won 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament and Italy was eliminated. Affectionately nicknamed “Le Roi” (The King), Michel Platini bestrode the soccer field with inimitable elegance as the world’s best player of the early 1980s, but his lofty reputation seems to have been tainted. (AP Photo, FILE)

Soccer great now mired in corruption scandals

By BY STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2014 file photo then FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Switzerland’s federal criminal court on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 says it recused attorney general Michael Lauber from overseeing a sweeping criminal investigation of FIFA officials. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has been a criminal suspect since September 2015 yet never charged, tells The Associated Press: “Now I got part of my trust and confidence in the Swiss justice back.” (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Former FIFA head Blatter: Sarkozy meeting key to Qatar vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this Feb.22, 2014 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini arrives at a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw in Nice, southeastern France. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested Tuesday June 18, 2019 over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) **FILE**

France detains soccer great Michel Platini in 2022 World Cup probe

By John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Canada fans wait for the start of the Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between Canada and New Zealand in Grenoble, France, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

FIFA says wrong to stop Iran activists in World Cup stadiums

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Police officers guard the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris,Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to a corruption probe into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: Blatter says Paris meeting swayed vote for Qatar

Associated Press

A cameraman films the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between Sweden and Thailand at the Stade de Nice in Nice, France, Sunday, June 16, 2019. FIFA has demanded Saudi-backed satellite broadcaster Arabsat stop transmitting pirated feeds of Women's World Cup games from a Qatari network in an ongoing sports television rights dispute linked to the Gulf diplomatic crisis. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

FIFA wants Saudis to stop pirated Women’s World Cup TV feeds

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Portugal players celebrate with their trophy after defeating the Netherlands 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League final soccer match at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Nations League winner Portugal rises in FIFA rankings

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 file photo, Zvonimir Boban, FIFA's Deputy Secretary General for Football, holds the lot of Germany during the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. FIFA presidential adviser Zvonimir Boban is returning to AC Milan as its chief football officer, it was announced Friday, June 14, 2019. Boban has been the deputy secretary general with responsibility for soccer issues. FIFA says he is leaving within days. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

Top FIFA official Boban leaving to join AC Milan

Associated Press

FIFA rejects Yedlin youth club for training compensation

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Thailand's Orathai Srimanee congratulates United States' Megan Rapinoe, left, after their Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between the United States and Thailand at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The US defeated Thailand 13-0.(AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

U.S. rout of Thailand exposes gap in World Cup field

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Young fans wearing Japanese flag hair ribbons sit on the stand prior the start of the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Argentina and Japan at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Monday, June 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

FIFA withdraws claim of 1 million tickets sold at World Cup

Associated Press

Australia's fans cheer for their team prior the start of the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Australia and Italy at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Despite FIFA ticket boast, most World Cup games not sold out

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino delivers his speech during the 69th FIFA congress in Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Hours ahead of his re-election unopposed, Infantino tells 211 member federations that today “nobody talks about crisis.” (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

FIFA caps first women’s conference with UN Women partnership

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

France's Eugenie Le Sommer, right, celebrates with her teammates after scoring her side's opening goal during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between France and South Korea, at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

France wins start amid World Cup cash, visibility issues

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018 file photo, Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar, right, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino attend the opening of the Confederation of African Football general assembly in Casablanca, Morocco. FIFA vice president Ahmad was detained by French authorities on Thursday June 6, 2019 in the latest criminal investigation to hit soccer's governing body. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

FIFA vice president Ahmad questioned by French authorities

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures as he walks on the stage before the start of the 69th FIFA congress in Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: FIFA unclear if China can bid for 2030 World Cup

Associated Press

French president Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver his speech to the French soccer team prior to to award them with the Legion d'Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honor) during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, pool)

Infantino says FIFA scandals gone, despite corruption cases

By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 20, 2018, file photo, Australia's Samantha Kerr, left, fights for control of the ball against Japan's Nana Ichise , bottom right, during the AFC Jordan 2018 Women's Asian Cup final in Amman, Jordan. The Women’s World Cup kicks off Friday, June 7, 2019, in Paris. Twenty-four teams will traverse France for the next month in pursuit of soccer’s most prestigious trophy. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Australia union calls for equal World Cup prize money

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press