NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. Soccer Federation official testified Friday that the governing body considered canceling the 2016 Centennial Copa America after learning top executives in South American federations had been indicted.
After the arrests, the USSF stopped the planning process until "we had a clear view of what was going on," USSF chief commercial Jay Berhalter said from the witness stand in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
"Even though we were not involved, the negative implications could affect negatively upon U.S. soccer and would reflect poorly on the sport," he testified. "We had meetings on how to proceed or not proceed with Copa Centenario.