A man wearing a red shirt and blue short pants readies to kick a soccer ball
Clint Dempsey during a 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup match in Houston, Texas

Clint Dempsey is an American retired professional soccer player who represented the United States in international competition. From 2004 to 2017, Dempsey appeared 141 times for the national team and scored 57 goals.[1] He is the joint all-time male top scorer for the United States, having tied Landon Donovan and his 57 goals.[2] He was also ranked third worldwide among active international male goalscorers in 2017, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (79) of Portugal and Lionel Messi (61) of Argentina.[3]

Dempsey made his national team debut on November 17, 2004, during a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica in Columbus, Ohio;[4] the call-up came after his rookie season in Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution, where he recorded seven goals and one assist on the way to being named MLS Rookie of the Year.[5] Dempsey scored his first national team goal on May 28, 2005, during a friendly match against England in Chicago.[6] His first competitive national team goal came a month later against Cuba in Seattle during the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[7] a tournament the United States would go on to win.[5]

Dempsey was named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup roster for the United States and scored the only American goal of the whole tournament, during a 2–1 loss to Ghana in the final group stage match.[8] He scored three goals at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, one each against Egypt, Spain, and Brazil, and helped lead the United States to a finish as runners-up.[9] Dempsey's sole goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup came in a 1–1 draw to England, making him the second American to score in multiple World Cups.[10] During the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Ghana, Dempsey scored 30 seconds after kickoff, the fifth-fastest goal in World Cup history; he also became the first American to score in three consecutive World Cups.[11] He was the top goalscorer at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring seven goals for the United States during their tournament victory and setting a record for most goals scored by an American at the Gold Cup.[12] On July 22, 2017, during a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal against Costa Rica, Dempsey tied Landon Donovan's record for all-time top scorer with his 57th goal.[2] Donovan himself called Dempsey's record "much more impressive", adding that Dempsey had scored fewer penalties and achieved the record in fewer caps.[13]

During his national team career, Dempsey scored two hat-tricks: against Cuba in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and Honduras in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[14] The plurality of his goals have come during FIFA World Cup qualification (18 goals), followed by friendly matches (16 goals) and the CONCACAF Gold Cup (13 goals). He has four World Cup goals in ten appearances, as well as three goals in the Confederations Cup and three goals in the Copa América.[9][15]

International goals

"Score" represents the score in the match after Dempsey's goal. "Score" and "Result" list the United States' goal tally first. Last updated October 10, 2017.[16]
List of international goals scored by Clint Dempsey
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 May 28, 2005 6 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  England 1–2 1–2 Friendly [6]
2 July 7, 2005 9 Qwest Field, Seattle, United States  Cuba 1–1 4–1 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup [7]
3 February 10, 2006 17 AT&T Park, San Francisco, United States  Japan 2–0 3–2 Friendly [17]
4 March 1, 2006 18 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany  Poland 1–0 1–0 [18]
5 May 26, 2006 21 Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, United States  Venezuela 2–0 2–0 [19]
6 June 22, 2006 23 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany  Ghana 1–1 1–2 2006 FIFA World Cup [8]
7 June 2, 2007 27 Spartan Stadium, San Jose, United States  China 3–1 4–1 Friendly [20]
8 June 7, 2007 28 Home Depot Center, Carson, United States  Guatemala 1–0 1–0 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup [21]
9 September 8, 2007 34 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Brazil 2–2 2–4 Friendly [22]
10 June 15, 2008 42 Home Depot Center, Carson, United States  Barbados 1–0 8–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
11 5–0
12 September 6, 2008 44 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Cuba 1–0 1–0 [24]
13 September 10, 2008 45 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, United States  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 3–0 [25]
14 June 21, 2009 54 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Egypt 3–0 3–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup [26]
15 June 24, 2009 55 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa  Spain 2–0 2–0 [27]
16 June 28, 2009 56 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Brazil 1–0 2–3 [28]
17 September 5, 2009 58 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, United States  El Salvador 1–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [29]
18 May 29, 2010 61 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States  Turkey 2–1 2–1 Friendly [30]
19 June 12, 2010 63 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  England 1–1 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup [31]
20 June 7, 2011 72 Ford Field, Detroit, United States  Canada 2–0 2–0 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup [32]
21 June 19, 2011 75 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  Jamaica 2–0 2–0 [33]
22 June 22, 2011 76 Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States  Panama 1–0 1–0 [34]
23 October 8, 2011 79 Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States  Honduras 1–0 1–0 Friendly [35]
24 November 15, 2011 82 Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 2–1 3–2 [36]
25 February 29, 2012 83 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy  Italy 1–0 1–0 [37]
26 June 8, 2012 86 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States  Antigua and Barbuda 2–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [38]
27 June 12, 2012 87 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Guatemala 1–0 1–1 [39]
28 September 7, 2012 88 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1–0 1–2 [40]
29 October 16, 2012 91 Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City, United States  Guatemala 2–1 3–1 [41]
30 3–1
31 February 6, 2013 92 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras 1–0 1–2 [42]
32 March 22, 2013 93 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States  Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 [43]
33 May 29, 2013 95 FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, United States  Belgium 2–4 2–4 Friendly [44]
34 June 2, 2013 96 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  Germany 3–1 4–3 [45]
35 4–1
36 September 6, 2013 100 Estadio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica  Costa Rica 1–2 1–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [46]
37 June 1, 2014 104 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  Turkey 2–0 2–1 Friendly [47]
38 June 16, 2014 106 Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil  Ghana 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup [48]
39 June 22, 2014 107 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil  Portugal 2–1 2–2 [49]
40 February 8, 2015 112 StubHub Center, Carson, United States  Panama 2–0 2–0 Friendly [50]
41 July 3, 2015 113 LP Field, Nashville, United States  Guatemala 3–0 4–0 [51]
42 July 7, 2015 114 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Honduras 1–0 2–1 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup [52]
43 2–0
44 July 10, 2015 115 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  Haiti 1–0 1–0 [53]
45 July 18, 2015 117 M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, United States  Cuba 1–0 6–0 [54]
46 5–0
47 6–0
48 July 25, 2015 119 PPL Park, Chester, United States  Panama 1–1 1–1 [55]
49 March 29, 2016 122 MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, United States  Guatemala 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [56]
50 June 7, 2016 126 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Costa Rica 1–0 4–0 Copa América Centenario [57]
51 June 11, 2016 127 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 [58]
52 June 16, 2016 128 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States  Ecuador 1–0 2–1 [59]
53 March 24, 2017 131 Avaya Stadium, San Jose, United States  Honduras 3–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [60]
54 5–0
55 6–0
56 March 28, 2017 132 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 1–0 1–1 [61]
57 July 22, 2017 136 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States  Costa Rica 2–0 2–0 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup [2]

Statistics

Sources: RSSSF,[16] Soccer America,[15] ESPN[62]

By year

Year Caps Goals
2004 1 0
2005 13 2
2006 9 4
2007 13 3
2008 10 4
2009 14 4
2010 8 2
2011 14 5
2012 9 6
2013 10 6
2014 9 3
2015 10 9
2016 10 4
2017 9 5
Total 141 57

By competition

Competition Caps Goals
FIFA World Cup qualification 41 18
FIFA World Cup tournaments 10 4
FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments 5 3
CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments 25 13
Copa América 6 3
Friendlies 52 16
Total 141 57

See also

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