Brazil vs. Argentina Friendly Cancelled Amid FIFA Corruption Investigation

San Francisco will no longer host a September 5 friendly between Brazil and Argentina due to the United States' ongoing investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal.

World Eleven CEO Guillermo Tofoni indicated that Brazil and Argentina could still square off at a later date in the Superclassic of the Americas.

"It's public knowledge all the problems involving Full Play right now," Tofoni said, per the Associated Press' Tales Azzoni. "We are still trying to make sure the game happens between the two teams somewhere in the United States. It just wouldn't be called the Superclassic, because that belongs to Full Play."

Full Play owned the rights for the match but has two businessmen among the 14 sports marketing and soccer officials the U.S. Department of Justice indicted in May.

Brazil-based Klefer was another sports marketing firm that was meant to be involved in its national team's showdown with Argentina. It will not be affiliated with the friendly as well due to being "forced to turn over documents to Brazilian authorities related to its contract with the local football confederation for marketing rights linked to a domestic football championship."

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Tofoni was hoping to hear from Brazil by the end of this week to see if they wanted to still square off with Argentina, who have declared their intentions to play, according to Azzoni. Brazil's football confederation didn't respond to the situation since the friendly wasn't announced before.

Although this September 5 fixture was only going to be an exhibition in nature, the prospective showdown does pit two compelling South American adversaries. Argentina are first in the FIFA rankings at present, while Brazil are sixth as the reigning World Cup runners-up.

Canceling the friendly ought to only bring more attention to FIFA's fall from grace, which began when Swiss law enforcement arrested FIFA officials during their May 27 meeting in Zurich.

Outstanding charges against FIFA include wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering. Both the United States and Switzerland are carrying on separate investigations into the matter.