Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey

Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey

Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey (conceived March 9, 1983) is an American expert soccer player who plays as a forward for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer (MLS) and has served as the skipper of the United States national team. He has likewise played for New England Revolution, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur.

Experiencing childhood in Nacogdoches, Texas, Dempsey played for one of the top youth soccer clubs in the express, the Dallas Texans, before playing for Furman University's men's soccer group. In 2004, Dempsey was drafted by MLS club New England Revolution, where he immediately incorporated himself into the beginning lineup. Prevented at first by a jaw harm, he in the end scored 25 objectives in 71 appearances with the Revolution. In the vicinity of 2007 and 2012, Dempsey played for Premier League club Fulham and is the clubs most noteworthy Premier League goalscorer of all time. Dempsey turned into the primary American player to score a cap trap in the Premier League, in the 5–2 win over Newcastle United in January 2012, and was voted as Fulham's 'Player of the Season' by fans twice. On August 31, 2012, Tottenham marked him for a charge of $9.6m, the most elevated sum for an American in the historical backdrop of the sport. At Tottenham, Dempsey scored 12 objectives over all rivalries, making an aggregate of 72 objectives scored over all rivalries for Premier League clubs. This is the most objectives by an American in the Premier League, or any top group.