Mintas, who has previously served as head of legal and international development for world governing body FIFA's Early Warning System, which deals with match fixing, is tasked with designing and implementing a strategy to tackle the same problem in the CONCACAF regions, and will officially take up her post on November 15.

Mintas also worked as a lawyer at the international law firm White and Case LLP, which is headquartered in New York, has lectured at law at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and is co-editor on law journals World Sports Law Report and Causa Sport.

Match fixing is viewed as an increasing problem in Central American football, and has seen a number of sanctions being handed out in recent months, including the banning of 14 past and present senior internationals for life by the El Salvador Football Federation (FESFUT) in September after they were found guilty of taking bribes to throw international matches over a three year period.

The matches concerned included El Salvador's 2-1 defeat to the United States in February 2010, a 5-0 Gold Cup loss against Mexico in July 2011 and a 4-2 loss to Paraguay in February of this year.

El Salvador international goalkeeper Dagoberto Portillo was one of 14 players banned for life for match fixing last month