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FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, the United States Women’s National Team celebrates with the trophy after they defeated Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. People with knowledge of FIFA’s finances told The Associated Press that in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, FIFA’s reserves soared to $2.74 billion and revenue rose to $6.4 billion, but it also underscores the glaring disparity between men and women’s soccer. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

FIFA’s record finances reignites World Cup pay parity debate

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

APNewsBreak: FIFA’s robust cash reserves soar to $2.7B

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

APNewsBreak: FIFA reserves soar to $2.7B, revenue at $6.4B

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Chelsea's Gonzalo Higuain, right, celebrates with his teammates Cesar Azpilicueta, center and Willian, after scoring his side's opening goal, during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Chelsea at Craven Cottage stadium in London, England, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

FIFA receives Chelsea appeal against 1-year transfer ban

Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds the official ball of the upcoming Women's Soccer World Championship as he poses for photographers during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Infantino: Male players can learn from better behaved women

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, May 29, 2015, FIFA vice president David Chung attends the 65th FIFA Congress held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. Former FIFA senior vice president David Chung has been banned from soccer for 6 and a half years, Friday March 1, 2019, for financial wrongdoing linked to a US dollars 20 million building project. (Patrick B. Kraemer/Keystone via AP, File)

FIFA bans former senior VP Chung for financial misconduct

Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Infantino looks toward June deadline for expanding ‘22 WCup

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FIFA bans Zambian official for bribery, match-fixing

Associated Press

FIFA bans referee from Tanzania for life for taking bribes

Associated Press

Fans display a large Chelsea flag as Chelsea's Antonio Rudiger, left, hugs Chelsea's Oliver Giroud who scored his side's first goal during the round of 32, second leg, Europa League soccer match between Chelsea and Malmo FF at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Thursday Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

FIFA bans Chelsea from signing players through next season

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes FIFA President Gianni Infantino for the talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin asks FIFA for support on World Cup legacy

Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino delivers his speech during the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. As the only candidate for election, Infantino is set to serve four more years as the leader of soccer's governing body.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Unlike men’s World Cup, no open vote on women’s event host

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA transfer reforms target $400M for lower-tier clubs

Associated Press

Former FIFA official Makudi overturns ban from soccer at CAS

Associated Press

In this Feb. 2, 2018, 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. A second member of the Confederation of African Football’s ruling executive committee has called for an urgent meeting, this time to restore order after sharp divisions were exposed at the top of the governing body. Isha Johansen of Sierra Leone wrote to her executive committee colleagues on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, to ask that they meet to stop the situation “spiraling out of control.”(AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

African soccer official wants meeting over leaked letters

By ANDREW JACKSON ORYADA - Associated Press

6 arrests in killing of journalist who exposed FIFA official

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin delivers his speech during the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. As the only candidate for election, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is set to serve four more years as the leader of soccer's governing body. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

UEFA president Ceferin re-elected, won’t be FIFA ‘yes man’

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, left, listens to UEFA Executive Committee Member Zbigniew Boniek prior to the start of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: UEFA unhappy at clubs’ snub of video review meet

Associated Press

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT NAME TO BRAYAN - Former Guatemalan soccer federation president Brayan Jimenez, center, leaves U.S. District Court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Brayan Jimenez, a former head of Guatemalan soccer’s governing body, was sentenced to time served and fined $350,000 after pleading guilty for his role in the FIFA corruption scandal uncovered by U.S. prosecutors. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Former Guatemalan soccer head to forfeit $350,000

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 file photo, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin speaks during the press conference after the meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee at the UEFA headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will get a new four-year term as the leader of European soccer’s governing body on Thursday Feb. 7, 2019, as the only candidate. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Clubs, FIFA to test UEFA leader Ceferin in new 4-year term

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press