Benny Feilhaber has seven goals in 10 assists in MLS this season. The MVP battle is basically a two-horse race between him and Sebastian Giovinco. That's the second-biggest reason he should be in the United States men's national team.
The biggest reason is that he's the Shirtless Karaoke God.
Jurgen Klinsmann says "there are other players ahead of him" because he doesn't know what's really valuable to a soccer team: having a guy makes videos of himself with his shirt off singing "No Air". Oh, and creative passing. That would help the USMNT a lot too. They also don't have any of that.
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