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SEATTLE – Colorado Rapids midfielder Jermaine Jones on Tuesday said he was not happy with the way former U.S. national team聽coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s firing was handled by some media members on social media.

“That’s a part of the game,” Jones said of Klinsmann’s firing. “What I don’t like, when I looked on Twitter from some media (was) how they reacted and how they pushed it. That’s not nice.”

Jones, who was born in Germany but has dual citizenship, began playing for the U.S. national team in 2010, and said he felt Klinsmann did a good job in the five years he guided the team.

“At the end of the day, the president of U.S. Soccer Federation decided to go different ways with the coach and you have to respect that,” Jones said.

When asked his thoughts on new U.S. national team boss Bruce Arena, whom Jones helped knock out of the MLS Cup Playoffs earlier this month, the 35-year-old Rapids midfielder said the topic聽wasn’t important to him amid Colorado’s playoff run.

“For me, it’s more important what’s going on here,” Jones said. “Me and Bruce, we talked a couple times. I have a bunch of respect for what he did with the Galaxy or before with the national team. So he has experience. I think he will show that with the national team.”