KINGSTON, Jamaica — Gordon Derrick, one of three men running for the post of CONCACAF president, is out of the race.

The Antiguan, who serves as head of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), failed a mandatory eligibility exam conducted by the world governing body, FIFA, for all candidates seeking to fill the vacant position of CONCACAF president.

Derrick’s ineligibility to contest the election due for Mexico City on May 12, was confirmed by a statement from the office of FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee chairman Domenico Scala on Tuesday.

“The Audit and Compliance Committee has concluded that one candidate, Mr Gordon Derrick from Antigua & Barbuda, could not be admitted as a candidate for the office of CONCACAF President nor FIFA vice-president nor the FIFA Council. For privacy reasons we are not in a position to go into further details with regard to this decision. The person concerned has been informed,” the widely circulated statement said.

In accordance with the relevant provisions of FIFA’s Statutes and Regulations, it is the task of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee to conduct the eligibility checks outlined in the FIFA Statutes and the FIFA Governance Regulations until such time as the Governance Committee is established.

“As such, the Audit and Compliance Committee has conducted eligibility checks with regard to several candidates for the office of CONCACAF president and FIFA vice-president, respectively, as well as for candidates for the office of member of the FIFA Council (CONCACAF),” the statement added.

Derrick’s departure from the race leaves only Canadian businessman Victor Montagliani and Bermudan lawyer Larry Mussenden to challenge for the position, which has been vacant since a US-led corruption probe led to the indictments of former president Caymanian Jeffrey Webb and acting president Alfredo Hawit of Honduras.

CONCACAF, which governs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, is being run in the interim by a group of Executive Committee members.

Sean Williams