Jurgen Klinsmann reiterated his call for MLS to observe FIFA's international fixture dates, saying the league's approach is "lose-lose."

While MLS has gone to a vastly reduced schedule during international tournaments like the World Cup and Gold Cup, it has typically played through FIFA's dedicated windows for friendlies and even World Cup qualifiers. 

"Canada, Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico, whoever plays in MLS, the foreign guys, they all go," he said. "But I compromise my own players? It's because the coaches say, 'We need them now badly to go towards the playoffs. Now it's really going to get hectic.' There's something wrong then because the other nations, they benefit from the professional league in MLS. They call them because it's a FIFA fixture date."

Klinsmann added that with the national team increasingly being comprised of MLS players, the league's decision to play through international fixture dates is making his job even more difficult.

"It's not working anymore," he said. "Therefore our wish is [that MLS] extend the season --obviously you get 21 teams next year -- start earlier finish later, but open these slots for the national team program."