CONCACAF electing 4th chief in 5 yrs, hoping for clean start (The Associated Press)

In one of the tightest contests to run the 41-member confederation, Victor Montagliani, a Canadian working in insurance, is taking on Larry Mussenden, Bermuda's director of public prosecutions. ''They seem to be coming out of a clean closet,'' CONCACAF Vice President Horace Burrell said Wednesday, assessing the election rivals. Both Montagliani and Mussenden, who are presidents of their domestic soccer federations, are pledging to put CONCACAF back in the spotlight for footballing reasons rather than criminal investigations.