(FILES) Senior Advisor to the FIFA President Carlos Cordeiro looks on as he attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026, in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) joined UEFA and CONCACAF in condemning world football's governing body FIFA's proposed private investment plan, saying on July 31, 2026, that they were alarmed it had reached the point a "World Cup boycott has entered public discourse". A damaging blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino came with the later resignation of a senior advisor Carlos Cordeiro, who issued an excoriating statement. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)