If you really thought that Don Garber presser was just a dispute about the quality of play, you're not really paying attention. I'm glad to see some of the owners are coming forward and putting their name on the comments instead of just hiding behind Don Garber and letting him take all the flak. Don't be shy, MLS owners -- own your success. Stop letting Klinsmann euro-snob his way into a huge paycheck while he rides the coattails of your development and starting XI mainstays like Besler, Zusi, and Beckerman.

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http://www.espnfc.us/team/united-states/660/blog/post/2145959/jurgen-klinsmann-firm-on-young-player-advice-as-mls-frustration-grows

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Now it appears there was more to Garber's ire than met the eye. Seattle Sounders minority owner Adrian Hanauer, Philadelphia Union CEO and operating partner Nick Sakiewicz, and several other sources have told ESPN FC that there is growing frustration within the league over the advice Klinsmann and U.S. soccer staff are giving to youth national team and MLS academy players.

At issue, according to sources, is an approach whereby Klinsmann and his surrogates are advising those players to sign with European clubs and bypass MLS. To this end, the U.S. Soccer Federation has been organizing training stints and trials for various youth national team players, the better to showcase those players for overseas clubs.

This raises the possibility that MLS teams may miss out on signing some of their own academy players to professional contracts, and that the investment clubs have made in these players may be for nothing.

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