The U.S. goalkeeper made some ill-advised remarks about the "passion" of U.S. dual nationals, and no amount of backtracking will fully undo them.
By the time Tim Howard walked back his comments, it was already too late.
The U.S. goalkeeper's inflammatory and unnecessary remarks about dual nationals had opened up Pandora's Box. No amount of damage control would be sufficient.
The 37-year-old told USA Today on Tuesday: “Jurgen Klinsmann had a project to unearth talent around the world that had American roots. But having American roots doesn’t mean you are passionate about playing for that country.