[MLS SPOTLIGHT] For two years, Seattle Sounders management would inquire with Clint Dempsey‘s agent about his status. Andthe response from Lyle Yorks was always the same. “No chance. No chance. No chance.” Even this summer as rumors circulated that Tottenham was ready to deal the U.S. national teamcaptain, the response Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer got was the same. “No chance.” All that changed a few weeks. Dempsey’s response when an offer to move to theSounders came? “For sure.”

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