The scoreline has becoming iconic, with the United States winning its last four home qualifiers 2-0, but U.S. players would be happy with any Hex-opening win.

Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin are the big-name defendants in a class-action lawsuit filed by three United States youth clubs Friday, aimed at recouping training and solidarity fees.

Vice Sports, which obtained the complaint, reports clubs Crossfire Premiere, the Dallas Texans and Sockers FC sued the three players, along with the Major League Soccer Players Union, hoping to overturn precedent that has denied youth clubs in the U.S. receiving payment as part of a player’s transfer fee — a practice that is sanctioned in FIFA’s official guidelines.

The relevant rule can be found in Article 21, Section VII, of FIFA’s rules on transfers, which states: "If a professional is transferred before the expiry of his contract, any club that has contributed to his education and training shall receive a proportion of the compensation paid to his former club."

Those fees are calculated by the age of the player when he was at the club and the amount of time the player spent there.

The U.S. Soccer federation has dodged this in the past by citing Fraser v. MLS, an antitrust case from 1998 that confirmed MLS’ single-entity status, as reason to forbid youth clubs from collecting on training fees. All U.S.-based clubs, including teams in the second-tier North American Soccer League, have abided by that decision until recently.

Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham stirred up renewed question over the issue, and youth clubs have established the position that the Fraser case merely prevents U.S. Soccer from seeking training fees but that the clubs are free to seek them. Crossfire petitioned FIFA’s Executive Committee over Yedlin’s transfer to Spurs and received permission to take its case to an independent tribunal.

A decision in the Yedlin case, and others filed in its aftermath, is pending.

There has been some movement on the issue with U.S. Soccer and MLS, but the MLS Players Union has been the most vocal opponent of it. In a story reported by SI.com, union head Bob Foose claimed these payments hurt players by restricting movement due to increased transfer costs.

As a result, the clubs have decided to engage in the lawsuit, also noting in a statement they were alerted to a potential antitrust suit brought against them as defendants by the players union.

While Bradley, Dempsey and Yedlin, three players who have had high-profile transfers in the past, are named as co-defendants with the union, the plaintiffs say that was only because it was a requirement of U.S. law.

The clubs released a statement saying: "The US Youth Clubs had to name the players, Dempsey, Yedlin and Bradley, as well as the defendant class of players, solely for a legal reason to maintain the Complaint. Our clubs have no desire to, in essence, sue their own kids and don't really believe the players are needed here to resolve this, but the law is what it is. The US Youth Clubs have asked the MLSPU to stipulate that the players are not needed to maintain this action and if they agree, the US Youth Clubs will immediately drop the players."