McLaughlin and Evolution's lawyer, Jeffrey Quick of Denver, told Forbes the failure to state McLaughlin's position with Earth was an oversight and will be corrected in an amended second filing with the SEC.
The FA board has also sanctioned a "root and branch" examination of the whole England team set up, led by FA chief executive Brian Barwick, whose own position has been questioned in the wake of the team's failure to qualify.
The fall-out in Italy from Alonso's failure to win the world title after being in a winning position was so big that even politicians got involved in the debate.