With Klinsmann's backing, Chandler keeps fighting through national team growing pains

Tim Chandler has endured his share of growing pains as a starting U.S. national team defender, but head coach Jurgen Klinsmann still believes he will develop.

FOXBORO, Mass. -- When asked recently about Timmy Chandler and why he rates him so highly, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann pointed out that Chandler has an inate ability to put mistakes behind him and not dwell on them too much.

It is a trait Chandler has had to put to the test a fair amount in recent matches as he has struggled to match the form he has shown consistently playing in the German Bundesliga. Chandler's U.S. national team career has been one marked by lackluster performances. The most recent of those came in…