U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has never minced words when it comes to evaluating American soccer. In a wide-ranging interview last month as the Copa America approached, Klinsmann spoke about everything from his disappointment with the development of the next generation of national team players, his belief that the stop-and go rules of U.S. sports send the wrong message to young players here, and why Bobby Wood made the squad for the Copa America squad but Jordan Morris and Matt Miazga didn’t.

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