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If there was any desire in the world governing body of soccer to clean house and signal they've turned over a new leaf, you wouldn't have found it in Friday's vote for a new president. Joseph Blatter was 

 as head of the International Federation of Association Football, a position he's held since 1998. 

FIFA has found itself in a big scandal since 

nine of its executives and other sports executives were arrested

 last week and charged with bribery and corruption. Blatter alluded to the scandals in a speech before his re-election saying: "We need to recover our good name and we'll start tomorrow with this goal in mind." 

Soccer is the world's most popular game, and FIFA has 209 member constituent nations. FIFA has over $1 billion in the bank.

Will this scandal change soccer as we know it? MPR News' Tom Crann looked at the state of FIFA and the power the organization holds.

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The arrests of a number of top FIFA officials has brought the rumors of corruption and scandal that have surrounded the soccer organization out in the open. We looked at the state of FIFA and why these arrests are happening now. Will this change international soccer as we know it? GUESTS: Fernando Rodriguez-Vila of Fusion and Sean Gregory of TIME magazine

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