Really, if you read the Jonea article Kartik says he is far better than the players we have but that US Soccer may have trouble integrating him. This is not merely an opinion but a well grounded fact if you know anything about the culture of the uSSF, it’s coaches and administrators. Outsiders who may have a different football background are viewed with incredible suspicion and held to a different standard most recently evidenced by Torres benching at halftime in San Jose whe he was out best player. DaMarcus Beasley veteran of the U-17s, the U-20, the Olympics and the U_23s played the full 90 and then dressed for the next match and played at the end despite being the worst player on the field for either team. Torres sat after 45 and didn’t dress for the next game.

I think Kartik was trying to make those points in a polite way about Jones. The situation isn’t as black and white as it seems. In fact nothing with the USSF ever is.