The tournament brings together the leading South American nations plus two invited teams from the CONCACAF region.
Blazer was elected 5-2 then by the CONCACAF executive committee following the death of Mexico's Guillermo Canedo.
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The fifth-placed team faces a two-leg playoff against the third-placed team in the CONCACAF North American qualifying zone.
In North America a new MLS season kicks off while the CONCACAF Champions League returns at the quarter-finals stage.
Panama (five points) took the lead i n the CONCACAF group (for teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean), beating Honduras 2-0.
Etoile goalkeeper Aymen Balbouli frustrated the CONCACAF champions throughout and produced some fine saves to stop Gabriel Caballero's diving header and Marvin Cabrera's fierce shot in the first half.
Blatter said the executive committee rejected a proposal from CONCACAF to restrict the competition to the North America region for the 2018 tournament and then open it up.
In April, the head of CONCACAF's integrity committee, David Simmons, described Blazer and his former boss, Trinidadian Jack Warner, as being 'fraudulent in their management' of the continental organization.
The semi-final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying concludes with the last two rounds of play.
These accusations came from Chuck Blazer, the General Secretary of CONCACAF, and a long time lieutenant of Warner.
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No country has qualified from CONCACAF in the Hex format with less than three home wins and 11 home points.
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It has been a turbulent time for CONCACAF following the resignation of former chief and FIFA vice president Jack Warner in June.
"The game is growing tremendously in our region both on and off the field, and I hope to do my part to continue to expand the development of the game for both CONCACAF and FIFA, " he said in a statement.
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Blazer, the former secretary general of CONCACAF, decided not to run for re-election.
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Blazer, the only American on the FIFA Executive Committee, is the first within the exclusive FIFA inner circle to blow the whistle on a colleague, and the allegation brought so much outrage that acting CONCACAF president Lisle Austin attempted to fire Blazer five days later for insubordination (the action was blocked, and now Austin is under investigation).
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Persad-Bissessar is a political ally of Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who is a member of her cabinet as well as head of the North and Central American football federation Concacaf.
The latest round of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF gets underway and USA beat Antigua and Barbuda 3-1, Canada beat Cuba 1-0 in Havana.
"If you go back to 2002, and look at the recent history of rotation ... it's been Asia, Europe, Africa and with 2014 going to South America, " CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer told The Associated Press.
Blazer's accusations led to the downfall of bin Hammam, the resignation of Warner as a FIFA vice president and CONCACAF leader, and sanctions against several Caribbean football officials.
Investigators at the Caribbean, North and Central American international football body, Concacaf, accuse Mr Warner of embezzlement.
Despite stepping down from his role with CONCACAF Blazer will retain his position with FIFA, the body in charge of world football.
The accusations were presented by Chuck Blazer, American citizen and head of the Confederation Of North, Central American And Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
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He resigned as CONCACAF's general secretary in 2011, after serving with the body for 21 years.
It will not be easy in Mexico City, where the home team there seems more like a World Cup contender than just a CONCACAF king.
We will then have the offseason to speculate whether or not the Earthquakes can pull off the rare repeat in 2012 despite a schedule full of US Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League matches.
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