Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: Football legend , FC Bayern President and Vice-President of the German Football Association , Franz Beckenbauer , on the other hand , showed his support for Stoiber by letting him join the German national football team on their flight home from Japan after the 2002 FIFA World Cup .
Simplified: Football legend , former FC Bayern President and DFB Vice-President , Franz Beckenbauer , on the other hand , showed his support for Stoiber by letting him join the German national football team on their flight home from Japan after the 2002 FIFA World Cup .