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The company board said that the decision had grown out of an ongoing investigation into Charney's alleged misconduct. The statement did not provide any details about the type of conduct Charney allegedly had committed.

Daily Mail said the decision to investigate in the matter started when the Fare network contacted he world soccer body relating to discriminatory chanting at the World Cup. The allegations had centered on the use of a word that when translated to English, means "whore."

The sports blog said the US' next match against Portugal would be more grueling than Ghana, for several reasons. The match, which is scheduled for Sunday, will be held in the remote heart of the Amazon rainforest, Manaus. The stadium in the area, which is just 214 miles south of the equator, had earned condemnation from both Italy and England, who first played in the stadium.