VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The head of Canada's soccer association on Thursday denied he had bribed FIFA to win the rights to host the women's World Cup and said a senior executive arrested on corruption charges had done a lot of good for the game.
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Canadian Soccer Association President Victor Montagliani noted that Jeffrey Webb - the head of the North American, Central American and Caribbean confederation CONCACAF - had led a campaign to drive racism out of soccer.