FIFA museum: With their $1.2 billion announced cash reserves, FIFA thought it would be a good idea to spend some of it and decided that an underground museum next to its Zurich headquarters was a good way to use up nearly $200 million of it. According to the organization’s site, it will include animations, games and trophies.
The weird thing to me is that the sport, played in fantastic open-aired stadiums (for the most part) is going to have a claustrophobic-feeling museum underground – makes no sense to me. Now, I guess this is where we make jokes about FIFA possibly being a museum itself with of its archaic dedication to the rules and advancement of the game. Or, will the museum have a section for corruption? -
Hejduk hangs ‘em up: Longtime US international and Columbus Crew player called it quits officially today. After an acclaimed career it came to kind of a sad end where nobody really wanted him other than LA, who grabbed his rights after everyone else passed – but they were unable to agree to terms. He returned to Columbus to take a front office position as brand ambassador.
Over the course of his storied career in Columbus (2003-10), Hejduk was a part of four major trophies – the 2008 MLS Cup title and three Supporters’ Shields (2004, 2008, 2009) – while becoming one of the most popular figures in club history. He won a second MLS Cup with the Galaxy in 2011 and was on 1996 and 2011 Supporters’ Shield winning teams with Tampa Bay and LA, respectively.
