Two soccer federations have defied the Confederation of African Football's leadership to endorse FIFA presidential candidates on Saturday, according to AP. South Sudan's federation pledged its vote for Gianni Infantino, the UEFA general secretary from Switzerland, Liberia declared for former FIFA vice president Prince Ali of Jordan. They followed Egypt which promised its vote to Prince Ali on Friday, just hours after the CAF executive committee urged Africa's 54 FIFA voters to support Asian confederation president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain in the Feb. 26 election. Their independence has again shown that claims of unanimous continent-wide support are rarely true in FIFA elections.
