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Message: [QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 1903055, member: 296"] He called out the media, not the fans. The soccer media in this country is a little weird. They are very conciliatory towards MLS, partly because they have a track record of pulling credentials of journalists who call a spade a spade. So basically if you want to get a quote from Michael Bradley or Jozy Altidore then you left out in the cold. Each team has one or "beat" writers paid by the league. There have been instances where these writers criticized the clubs or the managers and have been canned. Some of the criticism was fair and Klinsmann was naïve in thinking he could take on the entrenched mediocrity on his own. At the same time, soccer in this country is more professional than it was 5 and a half years ago. If people don't think that MLS responded to his criticism of the lack of a world class professional environment in this country then I don't know what to say. [/QUOTE]