One of the soccer confederations at the center of the United States’ unfolding corruption case has started playing offense and, embracing the role of victim, has set out to reclaim tens of millions of dollars it says it lost through a kickback scheme orchestrated by its former leaders.
Concacaf, the regional confederation overseeing soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, sued in United States District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, accusing four corporations and two businessmen of a “clandestine, kickback-based and parasitic relationship” with two former Concacaf officials: Jeffrey Webb, who served as the confederation’s president, and Enrique Sanz, who was its general secretary.