Andrew Jennings should be your new favorite hero.

Most of the coverage regarding the Senate subcommittee meeting on FIFA described United States Soccer Federation CEO and Secretary General Dan Flynn, who clearly was the USSF’s best claim to plausible deniability. His responses to questions from US Senators on the panel have been well documented, and chances are, most people glossed over the articles. Flynn’s answers echo the same nondescript explanations that many see from most politicians.

If you only read the articles, you probably missed your new favorite hero.

“I’m very proud of being the only reporter in the world banned by Mr. Blatter because of my disclosures of his corruption over the last 13 years. Before stumbling on the FIFA lowlifes, I had experience of organized crime, filming nose to nose with the mafia in Palermo. Blatter’s FIFA ticks all the boxes defining an organized crime syndicate,” said Jennings.

Needless to say, he tells it like it is.

Before that, he called out the US Soccer and the absence of USSF President Sunil Gulati, who presumably declined the invitation to appear before the panel because he knows too much. Jennings went on to discuss the different charges and levels of corruption that most soccer enthusiast have heard by now, called FIFA officials sleazebags and pretty much accused Flynn of lying in regards to not having FIFA representation before 2013, explaining that Chuck Blazer was that representation.

Jennings piled on the accusations in his opening statement, specifically explaining that US Soccer had to have known the level of corruption that had infested FIFA and the federations. But anyone can make accusations. The way Jennings did it, however, was glorious, staring down Flynn throughout his responses.

Jennings was asked about the amount of influence US Soccer had in regards to reforming FIFA and CONCACAF. His answer, all the while leaning forward obnoxiously to stare down Flynn as best he could, made US Soccer look “gutless.”

“Well I certainly learned today that America is a terrible, unimportant, little country, that’s terrified of countries like Geneva Seal not agreeing with it,” he said sarcastically.

“You don’t have to go and ask the rest of the world, ‘is it alright if we have an inquiry into our own people?’ Please! I find this very dispiriting about this view of America as being ‘gutless,’ because that’s what’s being suggested. Get on and do it. Don’t ask permission of some other countries. It’s your country and you have screwed up with FIFA and CONCACAF. I hear all talk about reforms. I don’t believe it from CONCACAF! Was Horace Burrell there? The same bunch of crooks that have been there for 20 years?” Jennings said.

At this point, this writer was literally laughing out loud. As the hearing progressed, a more theatrical Jennings emerged. While Flynn suggested that reform was in the best interest of all those involved with soccer and FIFA, Jennings could not have disagreed more.

“Salvageable? No. Not at all. The corruption is so deeply imbedded that if you cut the head off the snake the rest will still be wiggling about,” Jennings said.

“America has to, with its moral values, join with other countries with similar moral values and just say, ‘you stay there in Zurich, we’re out of here. We not going to be contaminated by sitting at your meetings with a bunch of organized crimes experts.'”

That was the second time Jennings had specifically mentioned the terms “organized crime.” It partially stemmed from what US Senator Richard Blumenthal had made in his opening comments.

“The fact of the matter is, what has been revealed so far is a mafia style crime syndicate in charge of this sport. My only hesitation in using that term is that it’s almost insulting to the mafia. Because the mafia would never have been so blatant, overt and arrogant in its corruption,” said Blumenthal.

Jennings echoed the same sentiments, comparing the USSF’s simple request for reform within CONCACAF to asking John Goti to cut back on selling heroin on the streets of New York.

“You don’t go to John Goti and say ‘Mr. Goti, you know, there’s too much heroin on the streets of New York. Could you cut back on it a bit? Oh thank you. A couple of keys come off the street. Well that’s alright.’ That’s not how you dealt with it with the mafia in Boston is it? You went after them," said Jennings.

Jennings used his platform to hit on every topic he had an opinion about. And he did not have nice things to say about Sepp Blatter. While everyone was under the impression that Blatter had resigned, he expressed disgust at the notion anyone would believe him.

“This farce going on: Blatter is going to set a date possibly from a congress. I will tell you, from my inquiries there are no congress facilities booked for the rest of the year by FIFA in Zurich,” he said.

“He’s going to stay there and wait for us all to get tired and go away. It’s always worked in the past. Only the FBI can sort him out. But you can walk away. Or you're cowards, you’re weak and you have no perspective of the world.”

Ultimately, words on a page will never do it justice. Jennings’ ability to express himself go well beyond the words he chooses to speak. His mannerisms and visible expressions make the entire hearing a must-see event. His accusations towards the USSF aren’t spouted out of malice, but instead, to influence change in the minds of those watching. If you have a couple hours to spare, do yourself the favor and watch the entire hearing. If nothing else, you’ll get a good sense of how some on the outside of the US truly feel about how the United States should be involved in this matter.