Former soccer executive nominated to head IRS

[POLITICS] John Koskinen, whose soccer background dates back to the ASL in the late 1980s, has been nominated by PresidentBarack Obama to be the new IRS commissioner. Koskinen, whose most recent soccer position was as chairman of the U.S. Soccer Foundation (2004-08), has often beentasked with turning around troubled government entities like the IRS, under fire for its scrutiny of Tea Party groups and various spending practices.