The social media reaction to Landon Donovan’s omission from the U.S. World Cup squad focused on coach Jurgen Klinsmann rather than the LA Galaxy star.

Unscientific, but still telling polls, show the majority of American fans do not agree with the decision.

And yours truly weighed in with this blog post, in case you missed it.

Here are several longer opinion pieces on the decision.

*This writer calls it “horrible.” 

*In contrast, this writer applauds it.

*Sports Illustrated provides context given the “rocky” relationship between Klinsmann and Donovan.

Finally, here’s a novel theory:

Klinsmann’s possible logic? “If LD not at WC, USA may be taken so lightly we can surprise other teams and advance!” #USMNT

— Andrea Canales (@soccercanales) May 23, 2014

Updated

In case you missed it, here’s Jurgen Klinsmann’s press conference this morning where most of the questions were, not surprisingly, about Donovan: