CONCACAF is backing FIFA's proposal to restrict term limits for future presidents and executive committee members, part of the governing body's plans for reforms after a series of corruption scandals.
CONCACAF, which governs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, thereby takes a different stance than UEFA, which has opposed those suggestions and has positioned itself as a road block to some reforms that critics view as crucial to cleaning up the battered image of FIFA.
CONCACAF said Monday it fully endorses a 10-point plan that includes limiting future FIFA presidents to eight years in office and executive committee members to three four-year terms.
The plan was suggested by a FIFA working group, which includes officials from each of FIFA's six continental confederations and will meet on Tuesday in Zurich to consider feedback from their member countries about modernizing how the sport is run.
''It is gratifying to see we are finally accompanying this profound renovation of the world of football,'' said CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb, who joined the FIFA executive board last year.
UEFA wants a 12-year limit on the FIFA presidency, with unlimited terms for FIFA board members. European countries also reject plans to scrutinize FIFA officials and election candidates for integrity through an independent panel working from FIFA headquarters in Zurich.
FIFA's suggested plan falls short of wider-ranging proposals requested by an advisory group including anti-corruption experts invited by FIFA President Sepp Blatter to help the two-year reform process.
A key request of the advisory panel is to allow independent observers to oversee all FIFA committees.
CONCACAF said its 40 members were ''overwhelmingly supportive'' of the FIFA plan to increase transparency and accountability.
Just 35 of those countries have full FIFA membership and voting rights when the final reform slate is decided at the FIFA congress scheduled in Mauritius on May 31.
CONCACAF has scheduled its continental assembly for April 19 in Panama City, when it will announce details of a financial audit commissioned in the fallout of an election bribery scandal which rocked FIFA. Longtime CONCACAF president Jack Warner resigned in June 2011 to avoid investigation by FIFA, where he had served on the board for 28 years.
