Jurgen Klinsmann attempted to clarify his comments about Major League Soccer.
Klinsmann has said that he wants the United States' players to compete at the highest levels in Europe.
"I never made negative comments," said Klinsmann. "It was written that way in the media, but I didn’t. I said that I want our players to get to the highest possible level… A lot of people thought this was negative to our own league. I never meant that to be the way. MLS is growing with tremendous speed and it can’t be denied. They’re building toward the big leagues in Europe. This couldn’t be more important to us in the national team. I’m the biggest supporter of MLS – and if you look at the team I had in Brazil, there were 11 or 12 players from the league."