U.S. Soccer finally puts its foot down on the Gianni Infantino FIFA scandal, demands ‘meaningful change’ - Inquirer.com

The U.S. Soccer Federation issued a joint statement Monday with Canada Soccer and Central American and Caribbean bodies, calling for "meaningful change" to FIFA's governance, transparency, and accountability amid the scandal surrounding president Gianni Infantino.
Though it stopped short of directly demanding Infantino's resignation, the statement was described as the strongest stance U.S. Soccer has taken, echoing a separate Concacaf statement issued jointly with the Asian and European confederations.
That earlier statement accused an unnamed individual—clearly aimed at Infantino—of placing himself "above the collective," with one source framing it as an invitation to resign peacefully before tensions escalate.
The statement carried added weight because it was signed by the presidents and general secretaries of all three confederations, including FIFA vice presidents Victor Montagliani (Concacaf/Canada), Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa (Asia/Bahrain), and Aleksander Čeferin (Europe/Slovenia).
Critics targeted Infantino's plan to privatize the World Cup by creating a for-profit venture within FIFA and selling shares to investors including Josh Kushner; while FIFA says it has dropped the plan, opponents argue it never acknowledged the proposal was "inherently wrong."
The confederations also criticized Infantino's crisis meeting held last Wednesday at FIFA's satellite office in Rabat, Morocco, rather than its Zurich headquarters, noting no members of FIFA's official governing council were invited—only members of a little-known "Management Committee."