[MLS SPOTLIGHT] For Frankie Hejduk, who grew up surfing near his home in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and was onceidentified as soccer’s answer to Jeff Spicoli, the Sean Penn surfer dude in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” retiring to settle down in Columbus,Ohio, as the Crew’s first “brand ambassador” might seem strange, but Hejduk has never been conventional.

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