OVERHEARD

Reaction from around the world to Sepp Blatter’s decision Tuesday to resign from FIFA:

U.S. Department of Justice hands Sepp Blatter a red card.”

— Joe Cannon,

former MLS player We certainly don’t want somebody else coming in and just continuing the tradition of corruption. You need somebody coming in that understands that massive change has to happen.”

— Alexi Lalas,

former U.S. national team player His fall will come as a tsunami to every corrupt leader in the confederations around the world.... We need the corrupt ones in prison, and we need the contributions from great idols, good sports leaders and football lovers.”

— Romario,

Brazilian soccer great Hallelujah! Sepp Blatter is out.”

— Julie Foudy,

former U.S. national team player Blatter has resigned. Can’t quite believe it. FIFA always appeared to be such a fine upstanding organization.”

— Gary Lineker,

former English player All the ingredients here for a Hollywood blockbuster or five-part HBO drama. Danny DeVito is made for role of Blatter.”

— Graeme Le Saux,

former English Premier League player You get the lower-level people to cooperate, then you work your way up.… Hopefully, they feel that those nine [indicted FIFA officials] can give them additional evidence on the head guy. That’s the normal way to work any of these investigations.”

— Douglas E. Small,

former FBI special agent, who worked on public corruption and money laundering as well as the Enron case Ding Dong the Witch is Dead! Sepp Blatter just resigned!”

— Drew Carey,

TV show host This is the first of many steps toward real and meaningful reform within FIFA. Today is an occasion for optimism and belief for everyone who shares a passion for our game.”

— Sunil Gulati,

U.S. Soccer president