Berlin Freeper posted the Donovan reaction above. Part of the problem with Donovan is I have heard he’s said things in interviews that perhaps would not endear him to the manager. Now in that, I can see the manager wants to run a tight ship and not have descent.
“Donovan admits to rooting against team USA in the World Cup”
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/landon-donovan-admits-to-rooting-against-united-states-after-world-cup-snub-062914
He also took some time off, I think the cumulative effect of Donovan maybe made Klinsmann mark him off but it is a complex situation that I don’t know real well:
“After missing the first three World Cup Qualifiers of 2013 due to his self-imposed sabbatical, Donovan was left off of the squad by Jürgen Klinsmann for the June qualifying games despite having returned to playing full-time in March.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landon_Donovan
I’d give the USA team and management passing grades and agree we should keep Klinsmann. But I don’t think we should go overboard in being critical of USA players totally.
It's hard to keep track but I think at one time, Fulham may have even had 2 or 3 Americans playing for them at the same time, McBride, Dempsey.