CONCACAF is holding another extraordinary congress on Saturday, this time to approve the confederation’s '15 audited financial statements, "remarkably almost a full year after the financial year ended," according to Paul Nicholson of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. The positive from this is "presumably that they managed to produce a set of accounts." The regional governing body experienced "a year of disaster" in '15. That year, former Cayman Islands FA President Jeffrey Webb and former Costa Rica FA President and exec committee member Eduardo Li "were arrested on corruption charges" by the U.S. Department of Justice. But the "financial picture painted in the accounts" is actually "far from bleak" and shows a revenue return of more than $91M from broadcast, sponsorship and ticketing from the national team Gold Cup competition. Reconstituted at the last minute, the Gold Cup "effectively saved the confederation from looking for a massive bail out, and paid for some chunky legal fees." Total revenue for the year was $100.5M against $32M for '14. The revenue from '16 can be "expected to be significant" following the hosting of the Copa America Centenario in the U.S. That revenue will be split with CONMEBOL. Of the $100.5M, $52.4M was expensed to "program services," essentially competition expenses. The Gold Cup cost $24.8M, the Champions League $7M, "other events" $18.1M and development $2.4M. It is the detail and obfuscation in the "Support Services" expense line -- a "hefty" $31.1M -- that "really needs questioning and a detailed breakdown." Within that figure, "governance" expense is pegged at $6.2M and "general and administrative" at $22.9M. In a note to the BDO-audited accounts it is stated, “During the year ended December 31, 2015 CONCACAF spent a total of $10,174,366 in Investigation and Reform Implementation costs. Comparable amounts spent with such firms was $42,665 in 2014. Expenditures for this work have continued during 2016” (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 12/7).