LANDOVER, Md. -- US manager Jurgen Klinsmann may have made an appeal for gamesmanship, nastiness and the ability to work referees during matches. But is it even possible? Does the American soccer player's DNA allow for it?

The most iconic soccer players of this generation doesn't necessarily think so.

“It’s not really in our character as Americans,” Donovan told MLSsoccer.com after the match. “We try to play the game fair. We don’t really dive. We don’t do those kind of things."

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