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"It’s an honor to have been able to play for club and country for as long as I have, and hopefully that does continue."ĭempsey expressed particular excitement about the 2016 Copa America, which will feature a 16-team mix of North and South American teams and promises to be - by some distance - the biggest soccer tournament held in the US since the 1994 World Cup. I just have to continue working hard and if I keep playing well and I keep being selected, then I’ll keep playing. You have to make sure you continue to perform and play at a high level that warrants you being called into the camps, and being able to be a part of those games. "To play with the national team and be a part of these major competitions is something that’s very special, but it’s also something that’s easier said than done. "You want to play as long as you can at the highest level possible," he says when asked about Russia 2018. It's exciting."ĭempsey enjoyed quite the fringe benefit of that growth Saturday, with EA Sports announcing the US captain would star alongside Lionel Messi on the North American cover of its popular FIFA video game franchise, becoming to the first American to do so since Landon Donovan in 2011:
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Our league continues to grow with the TV deals being done and more franchises popping up. In two years Copa America is going to be here in the States and it’s another chance to see the game played at a high, high level.
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"There’s still exciting soccer being played in the States. "It's good for the fans to see it doesn’t just end with the World Cup," Dempsey told of the Portland match. That the answers to those questions might be "yes" isn't even a surprise at this point for dedicated followers of American soccer - the Sounders have been pulling some of the most impressive crowds in world soccer for years - but the symmetry of an MLS match garnering that kind of interest only hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the World Cup drove the point home in a way even the incredible buzz around the USMNT's Brazil performance could not: just because a certain tournament is going away for four years doesn't mean American soccer is. I almost think the atmosphere, the electricity in the stands here was even greater just because of the rivalry … when you play here, the fans really hate each other."Ī club match in the United States with 13,000 more fans than a World Cup match in Brazil? An MLS game with "electricity" to rival the largest sporting event on Earth? "Every time get a chance to play Portland it’s crazy, but especially here. "It was absolutely amazing," Yedlin told of his and Dempsey's homecoming match. But in attendance? The MLS match drew 64,207 to CenturyLink Field, US-Belgium 51,227 to Salvador, Brazil's Arena Fonte Nova. The Sounders' 2-0 home win over rivals Portland naturally couldn't touch the US's 2-1 defeat to the Red Devils in terms of attention, TV ratings, impact, etc. Two weeks later, Dempsey and Yedlin were sharing a field again, this time as teammates with MLS's Seattle Sounders.
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(USATSI)Teammates with the US Men's National Team, Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin were both on the field for what many considered the biggest game in American soccer history - the July 1 Round of 16 match against Belgium in the 2014 World Cup. DeAndre Yedlin and Clint Dempsey are two reasons Seattle is the hottest team in MLS.