CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani asks FIFA President Gianni Infantino to skip a youth soccer tournament in the Dominican Republic this weekend. The request is tied to concerns that Infantino’s attendance would overshadow the event amid ongoing political pressure surrounding FIFA’s leadership.
Multiple outlets report that Infantino is facing demands to resign, with pressure coming from three football confederations: UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF. The coverage frames CONCACAF’s move as a response to the governance dispute within FIFA, rather than a change to the tournament itself. While the sources align on the request and the broader context, they mainly differ in how they describe the surrounding situation—emphasising either the immediate impact on the tournament’s visibility or the wider governance crisis driving the calls for leadership change.
Across the reports, there is no indication that the tournament is cancelled; the focus remains on whether Infantino will attend and how FIFA’s governance crisis is affecting other football bodies and planned events.
