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U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann shed no light on Don Garber's public dispute with him, saying he had not met with the Major League Soccer Commissioner in recent weeks.

Garber held a telephone news conference on Oct. 15 to criticize Klinsmann for not taking Landon Donovan to the World Cup and for saying Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley damaged their careers by returning to MLS from European clubs. Garber questioned whether Klinsmann could be an effective coach while publicly criticizing MLS.

"No we did not speak. We corresponded a couple of times with emails," Klinsmann said at a news conference Thursday. "I'm not giving you any insight on those ones."

Klinsmann spoke a day before the U.S. plays Colombia in an exhibition at Fulham's Craven Cottage, the Americans' first game since Garber made his remarks. The Americans also play at Ireland next week.