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U.S. Soccer financials show $6.2m accounting charge for Klinsmann firing

The U.S. Soccer Federation incurred a "one-time, non-cash accounting charge" of $6.2 million related to the firing of former men's national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann and his staff, according to a document presented at the USSF's 2017 Annual General Meeting.

Becca Roux, the interim executive director of the U.S. Women's National Team Players Association, made the disclosure via her Twitter account.

Reached by email, USSF president Sunil Gulati said that the $6.2m figure was a way of accounting for Klinsmann's dismissal in the USSF's financials, and not reflective of what Klinsmann was actually paid. Gulati didn't elaborate further.