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Major League Soccer is not pausing during the international window, forcing its clubs to play through the Copa, Euros and Olympics with incomplete rosters.
Teams may face up to six games without key players -- 18% of the MLS regular season.
Inter Miami coach: MLS needs to stop playing during international windows because that will deter the type of players we can sign.
Portland Timbers head coach Phil Neville says MLS has an unfair advantage in international tournaments.
MLS will see seven matchdays , 98 games total, played in the span of Copa América and the Euros.
The overlap between MLS and the summer tournaments is significant -- MLS teams will be without their best players this summer .
The U.S. men's national team take on Uruguay in the Group C clash at Arrowhead Stadium on June 29 .
The length of that break, I think, is to be determined. But given the size and the scope of the 2026 World Cup and being in North America , that is one that we will take some sort of break during that competition." In the meantime, however, Copa América continues -- and so does MLS .. without its best players..
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