Clint Dempsey
Clint Dempsey
Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey /ˈdɛmpsi/is an American professional soccer player who plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer and has served as the captain of the United States national team. He has also played for New England Revolution, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth9 March 1983
CityNacogdoches, TX
adaptable challenge develop might opposed player positions running start time
It is challenging but the more positions you start to play and develop in as a player, the better you get and the more adaptable a player you can be to more teams. It always different when you play with your back to goal, as opposed to running at defenders. It is a challenge because for a long time you might not get the ball, but when you do, if you can put it in the back of the net, then you did your job.
chill win
You can't go out there and just chill and be lackadaisical. You're not going to win games. You've got to go out there and fight.
passes people second settled string tired
Once people settled down, we were able to string more passes together. In the second half, they just got tired and we were able to go after them.
conditions friend life lose tough
It's always tough to lose a friend under the conditions his life was taken.
beginning best goal ourselves position season shame since sure win
Our goal since the beginning of the season was to make sure we end up in first and put ourselves in the best position to win MLS Cup. That is what we set out to do and it would have been a shame if we didn't end up in first after the way we started.
anxious definitely dreamed finding great highest incredible level nice possibly since
This is just a great feeling. It's everything I wanted and dreamed about ever since I was a little kid. It's the highest level you can possibly get to in this sport. It's an incredible feeling. I've definitely been anxious about finding out, so it's nice to know now I'm going.
found screaming
She called me screaming and crying. That's how I found out.
certainly good inches though
I wouldn't say that we didn't look dangerous. We were inches away a lot of times from getting good connections. I certainly didn't feel as though we were ineffective, Nicol said.
games goals lets obviously scoring
The more games you get, obviously the more comfortable you get. When he's scoring goals like he did, that lets you know he is comfortable.
game
It's a big game for a lot of players, especially me. But the most important thing is winning.
ball coach hold people tried wait yeah
Yeah it was different, but it was the formation the coach wanted us to be put in. He told me just to hold the ball up and try to wait for people to come up and play it to them. So that is what I tried to do.
everybody feels locker room sure team
You feel like we're a team that should've won. I'm sure everybody in the locker room feels the same way.
tone
You have to set the tone early. We're just going to play hard.
fighting
You've got to go out there and fight.