And who can forget that when FFB Vice President, RawellPelayo, was picked up by DEA officials when he arrived as a part of the football delegation representing Belize at the Gold Cup.
Since then, he's been in detention for almost a year under indictment for narcotics smuggling, but he still holds an elected seat in the FFB executive.
Today, we asked FFB President Vicente about what has been done to deal Pelayo's vacant seat. Here's what he said:
Ruperto Vicente - President, FFB
"Mr. Pelayo is a still a member of the executive of the Football Federation of Belize. We tabled the suspension at our last congress where congress members are of the opinion that Mr. Pelayo should be given more time on the Federation's executive because we don't know what will become of his case."
Reporter
"The criticism here is that he has been away for months and he hasn't really done anything here in Belize and with the FFB during his time away in the US."
Ruperto Vicente
"Well that is true. As an executive we cannot suspend Mr. Pelayo, it takes the congress to suspend. The congress is the ultimate authority of the Football Federation and so when the congress say no, it is no, so we cannot do anything about it."
Reporter
"During his time away, is he still getting paid?"
Ruperto Vicente
"No executive member gets paid. We are not paid, it's all voluntary."
Reporter
"Who makes the case for him to get suspended or what happens with him to the congress?"
Ruperto Vicente
"The statutes declare that once an executive member misses 3 executive meetings then the executive makes a recommendation to the congress for that member to be suspended. We made the recommendation, but the members of the congress decided that it is not time to do that yet."
Reporter
"How many meetings have expired already, the three?"
Ruperto Vicente
"Definitely, it's more than three, but it's the congress who decides and we got to go by what the congress decides."
The FFB Congress, which the highest decision makers in the sport, is made up of all district associations.
The Congress has given Pelayo 6 more months to return to fill his seat, which expires sometime in September.
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