“This whole thing about you can’t make the national team because you play in MLS is like the dumbest thing you can say… The people who disrespect the MLS the most live right here in America. European scouts don’t disrespect it, South American scouts don’t disrespect it. Managers who clearly want to come here don’t disrespect it. So maybe, they got to adjust their thinking.”

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