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CONCACAF Watch: Gold Cup draw would boost transparency

Related Topics: CONCACAF, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Ethics

The confederation announces the matchups for this summer's tournament Tuesday but would be better served with a traditional draw.

CONCACAF needs to take every opportunity it can to boost transparency.

The more open the confederation is with fans, the better. Pew and Gallup don't ask about it, but it's a safe guess that public confidence in the soccer governing body is as low or lower than the approval ratings actual governors get throughout North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

This is a region that has so long dealt in the dark, it sometimes doesn't think about the things it easily could bring into the light.