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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Retired U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan shared his thoughts on the FIFA corruption scandal on Thursday, posting screenshots to&amp;nbsp;Facebook&amp;nbsp;of a text conversation&amp;nbsp;he had with friend John Ondrasik, lead singer of the band Five for Fighting.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ondrasik texted Donovan to gauge&amp;nbsp;his thoughts in wake of the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donovan responded that he was \"not angry, mostly just sad\" about the entire situation. He also said he was \"absolutely not surprised.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ondrasik&amp;nbsp;asked Donovan about the possibility of bribing officials in international matches. Donovan said he \"never felt that way\" as a player, but he also called the notion \"absolutely possible and probably likely.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;David Beckham calls FIFA corruption allegations 'despicable, unacceptable'\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Donovan also discussed his thoughts on&amp;nbsp;Sepp Blatter.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Where there's smoke, there's usually fire but we can't be sure,\" Donovan said.&amp;nbsp;He added that Blatter \"should be punished accordingly\" and take responsibility for allowing corruption to flourish, potential involvement aside.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The final exchange comes several days after the initial ones, after Blatter stepped down as president of FIFA. \"I'll run for president if they make it a paid gig,\" Donovan added. \"Oh wait..\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can read the full exchange below.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jeremy Woo&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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