Clint Dempsey scored early in the second half to break a scoreless tie and provide the USA with a 1-0 defeat of Haiti at Gillette Stadium Friday. On a feed from substitute GyasiZardes, Dempsey scored in his fourth consecutive appearance. Zardes entered the match at halftime in place of Jozy Altidore, who started up top […]
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USA-Honduras Takeaways: Domino effect haunts defense
The USA carved out a scrappy 2-1 defeat of Honduras in its Gold Cup opener Tuesday night in Frisco, Texas. Clint Dempsey notched a pair of opportunistic goals to provide a 2-0 lead thatdidn’t accurately reflect how much energy and guile the Hondurans had expended. After conceding a second goal in the 64th minute, the […]
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Klinsmann's Clever Dempsey Demotion
U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann executed a tricky piece of player diplomacy on Thursday by stripping forward Clint Dempseyof the captain’s armband and handing it to center midfielder Michael Bradley ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup, which begins for the USA on July 7 against Honduras. Dempsey, of course, has been at the […]
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Gold Cup: Klinsmann gives Dempsey's captaincy to Bradley
Not unexpectedly, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann has named Michael Bradley his captain for the Gold Cup inplace of Clint Dempsey, who was recently suspended by MLS and U.S. Soccer for tearing up the notebook of referee DanielRadford in the Seattle Sounders’ U.S. Open Cup match against Portland. View image | gettyimages.com Dempsey had […]
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U.S. Soccer hands Dempsey long Open Cup suspension
A U.S. Soccer panel charged with handling disciplinary matters in the U.S. Open Cup has suspended the Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey for six U.S. Open Cupmatches or the next two years of U.S. Open Cup competition, whichever is greater in response to his actions of tearing up the notebook of referee Daniel Radford in their […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“Nobody wants to get red carded. Nobody wants to get suspended and be in discussion by the fans and the media for a mistake you make. But it’s on the other hand, it’s part of the game too.So we’ll take a little bit of a step back and we’ll discuss it in person in a […]
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PSRA: Dempsey decision 'is a serious step backwards'
In response to MLS suspending Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey for only three games, the Professional Soccer Referees Association, which represents prosoccer referees in the United States and Canada, issued a statement condemning the punishment as “a light slap on the wrist.” MLS announced Friday that it had suspended Dempsey for threegames and fined an […]
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Dempsey case: Lessons from the tussle in Tukwila
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) In a perfect world, Clint Dempseywould not have been playing on Tuesday. Nor would have Obafemi Martins. The Seattle Sounders will play three MLS games in the next week, so it probably wouldhave been wise to not use Dempsey and Martins in an Open Cup game, but the Sounders did and […]
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Clint Dempsey is suspended three games
Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLS for his conduct in ripping up the notebook of referee Daniel Radfordduring overtime of Tuesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against the Portland Timbers. He’ll be precluded from participating in any soccer competition until the suspension […]
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In the Spotlight: U.S. Soccer's referee assault policy
The incident involving U.S. national team star Clint Dempsey in overtime of the Seattle Sounders’ U.S. Open Cup match against the Portland Timbers didn’t justinvolve the issuance of a red card that would carry a suspension for the Sounders’ next Open Cup game. It might fall under the purview of U.S. Soccer’s referee assault policy […]