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Is Clint Dempsey the U.S. men’s national team’s greatest player ever?

Clint Dempsey’s former teammate and former manager are joined by the rest of the FC panel to reflect on Clint Dempsey’s stellar career.

Here are the best ten of the 57 goals that Clint Dempsey scored for the Seattle Sounders in his career.

ESPN FC’s Alexis Nunes and Steve Nicol react to Clint Dempsey’s retirement after a 15-year professional career.

With the news of Clint Dempsey’s retirement from professional soccer, ESPN FC turned to several of its U.S. soccer and MLS writers to ask whether the U.S. men’s national team’s joint-leading goal scorer is also its greatest player ever.

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Answering the question of whether Dempsey is the greatest U.S. men’s player isn’t as easy as it sounds. There have been a few goalkeepers — Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard — who have at least been Dempsey’s equal in…

Goal in 100th game: Sunil Chhetri joins Rooney, Klose and others

Sunil Chhetri joined a special group of footballers to score in their 100th international game when India beat Kenya 3-0 in the Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai on Monday. Here are seven other footballers who have achieved this feat: 
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MLS hands Clint Dempsey additional one-match ban for elbow on Jacori Hayes

Seattle Sounders are reduced to 10 men in the first half against FC Dallas after Clint Dempsey is sent off for elbowing Jacori Hayes.
Major League Soccer has given Clint Dempsey an additional one-game suspension for throwing an elbow at Jacori Hayes in the Seattle Sounders’ 3-0 loss to FC Dallas on March 18.
Dempsey was shown a red card and sent off after the referee consulted with the video assistant and has already served a one-game ban on March 31 when the Sounders played the Montreal Impact.
MLS also fined the Seattle striker an undisclosed amount for visual dissent for clapping at the referee following the sending off.
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Sounders confirm Clint Dempsey has signed one-year deal

Clint Dempsey was able to come back from a heart condition and silence all doubters with a superb 2017 season.

Brian Schmetzer lauds Clint Dempsey after his brace booked Seattle’s place in the Western Conference final.

Clint Dempsey netted both of Seattle’s goals as they cruised into the Western Conference final with a 2-0 win. The Seattle Sounders have signed forward Clint Dempsey to a one-year deal for the 2018 season that provides more salary flexibility for the club, general manager Garth Lagerwey confirmed on Tuesday.
Lagerwey did not get into specifics about Dempsey’s deal but did confirm he will remain a designated player for Seattle and that the contract is only for the 2018 season, for which the Sounders held a club option under the forward’s previous deal.
Sources told ESPN FC last month that Dempsey had signed…

Dempsey taking in Seattle’s MLS Cup run as Sounders relaxed for title fight

Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey and goalkeeper Stefan Frei discuss last year’s MLS Cup and the road to returning this season.

Sebastian Salazar and Alejandro Moreno preview the Toronto-Seattle rematch, which might be headed for another cagey contest in cold weather.
TORONTO — The Seattle Sounders certainly appear to be in a good collective mood ahead of Saturday’s MLS Cup rematch with Toronto FC at BMO Field (4 p.m. ET, ESPN/WatchESPN).
Their portion of Thursday afternoon’s pre-title-game news conferences featured no shortage of inside jokes and shared chuckles between coach Brian Schmetzer, forward Clint Dempsey and goalkeeper Stefan Frei.
Following an early question about Dempsey’s on-field relationship with striker Will Bruin, Schmetzer deadpanned, “Are…

Dempsey’s return to MLS Cup another big moment in a career full of them

Taylor Twellman and Kasey Keller break down Seattle’s clinical performance against Houston and transformation under head coach Brian Schmetzer.

TORONTO — During Clint Dempsey’s five-month layoff after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat last season, few moments were as poignant as the Seattle Sounders’ final practice before last year’s MLS Cup final.

As his teammates were jovially participating in group drills and walking through set plays, Dempsey was alone down near one of BMO Field’s corner flags, doing some light conditioning. As the Sounders prepared for the biggest game of some of their lives, Dempsey was just beginning…

Christian Pulisic among U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year nominees

After Christian Pulisic’s post for the Players’ Tribune, the FC crew debate how to improve U.S. player development.

Craig Burley uses his own experience to support Christian Pulisic’s comments on how to improve American player development.

As the Christian Pulisic rumours to Bayern Munich continue, the FC panel question if the time is right for the young American. Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Jordan Morris and Christian Pulisic have been nominated for U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year, the federation announced on Tuesday.
The winner will be announced Dec. 14 on ESPN.
Pulisic, who was named the Young Male Player of the Year a year ago, led the finalists with six goals for the national team in 2017, while also starring for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga and Champions League.
Dempsey had five U.S. goals — three in a hat trick…

Experienced Seattle meets confident Houston in Western Conference final

The guys predict the MLS conference finals and the Liga MX playoffs, and they draft their ultimate Thanksgiving dinner.

Two teams each riding a wave of momentum lock horns in the West for a spot in MLS Cup. Here is how the Seattle Sounders and Houston Dynamo shape up heading into their Western Conference final.

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Been there, done that. This Seattle team knows all the trappings that come with a conference final, so experience is most definitely on the side of coach Brian Schmetzer’s men. The Sounders also boast an impressive attacking force that can strike in various forms. If you…

Clint Dempsey says he’ll ‘never say no’ to U.S. national team call-up

Clint Dempsey was able to come back from a heart condition and silence all doubters with a superb 2017 season.

Brian Schmetzer lauds Clint Dempsey after his brace booked Seattle’s place in the Western Conference final. Clint Dempsey says he will “never say no” to a national team call-up, even after the United States’ failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Sources said this week that Dempsey has agreed to a new deal to return to the Seattle Sounders next season, but at 34, he’s at an age where many of his contemporaries consider international retirement.
The likes of Arjen Robben, Javier Mascherano and Daniele De Rossi and Laurent Koscielny have all announced plans to leave their national teams in recent…

Clint Dempsey agrees one-year deal to return to Seattle Sounders – sources

Clint Dempsey netted both of Seattle’s goals as they cruised into the Western Conference final with a 2-0 win.

Brian Schmetzer lauds Clint Dempsey after his brace booked Seattle’s place in the Western Conference final. Clint Dempsey has signed a new contract with the Seattle Sounders, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
While salary terms were not disclosed, sources said Dempsey has signed a one-year deal in which he will remain one of the team’s three designated players.
Dempsey’s current contract, which according to the MLS Players’ Union will pay him $3.89 million in guaranteed compensation in 2017, is set to expire at the end of the current campaign, though Seattle held a club option.
As such, there…

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