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Charles Gordon "Chuck" Blazer (born April 26, 1945) is an American former soccer administrator, who held a number of high level positions. He was a FIFA Executive Committee member from 1996 to 2013, the CONCACAF General Secretary from 1990 until 2011, and Executive Vice President of the U.S. Soccer Federation. In 2013, Blazer admitted to conspiring with other FIFA Executive Committee members to accept bribes in conjunction with the failed bid of Morocco and the successful bid of South Africa to become World Cup hosts in 1998 and 2010 respectively. Blazer's admissions came during testimony given at a sealed sentencing proceeding in a New York federal court. ==Early life== Blazer grew up in the New York borough of Queens where his father ran a stationery and newspaper shop. He attended Forest Hills High School and then took an accountancy degree at New York University. On graduating he enrolled at NYU's Stern School of Business but didn't complete his MBA. He then spent a number of years selling promotional and marketing items; a first success was supplying buttons for the Smiley craze in the 1970s. When his son started playing youth soccer in Westchester County, New York, in 1976, Blazer started coaching the team even though he had never played the game. He is remembered as a skillful and active administrator, more interested in organizing than coaching. He advanced in youth soccer administration up to the Eastern New York State Soccer Association. In 1984, persuading Pelé to campaign for him, he was elected to the United States Soccer Federation as executive vice president in charge of international competition. In the next two years the US mens soccer team played 19 matches, having played only two in the two years before Blazer's election. He played a central role in the decision to bid for the 1994 World Cup, and also during this time the US women's soccer team was formed. His position gave him a seat on the board of CONCACAF where he met Jack Warner. In 1986, after failing to win re-election, he co-founded the American Soccer League, running it from his home. It lasted only two years, Blazer being forced out by the owners who felt they had been kept in the dark about finances. He then became president of the Miami Sharks, taking control of the finances, only to leave precipitously after five months, in May 1989. ==Soccer administration== In 1989 Blazer convinced Jack Warner to run for CONCACAF president. Blazer managed Warner's successful campaign and was then appointed General Secretary. He was the General Secretary of CONCACAF from 1990 until 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Whistleblower Chuck Blazer resigning from No. 2 CONCACAF post - ESPN )〕 He was a member of the FIFA Executive Committee from 1996 to April 2013, when Sunil Gulati was elected to replace him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=President’s Column: April 2013 )〕 Blazer also served as Commissioner of the American Soccer League and Executive Vice President of the United States Soccer Federation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile )〕 In May 2011, in response to allegations of bribery made by national representatives attending a 10 May meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), Blazer initiated an investigation of AFC President Mohammed bin Hammam and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner. The investigation was conducted by John P. Collins, former United States federal prosecutor and FIFA Legal Committee member. Its submission led to FIFA's 29 May 2011 suspension of Warner and Bin Hammam from all soccer activities pending the outcome of FIFA's own investigation and procedures.〔(Bahamian Whistle Blower Applauded, Repeating Islands ), fr/ The Tribune, 31 May 2011, Allison Lowe〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two members of the FIFA Executive Committee provisionally suspended )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FIFA Probes bin Hammam, Warner For Bribery )〕 Acting CONCACAF president Lisle Austin attempted to fire Blazer five days later, but the action was blocked by the CONCACAF executive committee.〔Associated Press, "CONCACAF stymies attempt to fire Blazer", ''Japan Times'', 2 June 2011, p. 18.〕 On 15 June 2011, Blazer was questioned by FIFA's ethics committee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Blazer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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