Dempsey’s older sister Jennifer, a promising tennis player, passed away when he was twelve years old. He found the net against Egypt, then-world No.
Chris Odoi-Atsem (2013) is a professional soccer player for the Major League Soccer team D.C. United. He is the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. in World Cup Qualifying (18 goals) and has scored in some of the team’s most important matches in the modern era. Afficher les profils des personnes qui s’appellent Bilal Hamie. Bill Hamid (2008) is a professional soccer player for the Major League Soccer team D.C. United. Track and field. In a six-season run, he became the Cottagers’ all-time leading goalscorer with 50 league goals and led the team to its highest-ever English Premier League finish of 7th in 2009. Notable staff. The next season, Dempsey became the first American to play in a major European club final when Fulham reached the Europa League Final.From childhood, Dempsey dreamed of playing in the World Cup. He’s been a star for the Emerald City side, scoring 39 goals since returning to the league.There, Dempsey established himself as one of the greatest Americans to ever play in the Premiership.
Morgan Wootten is the school's former basketball coach. After an illustrious high school career, Dempsey led Furman University, a small South Carolina school of less than 3,000 students to a pair of NCAA Championship appearances. The loss pushed him to work harder than ever on the pitch and when Dempsey points up after scoring, it’s a tribute to her memory.Hailing from Nacogdoches, Texas, Dempsey grew up in a trailer, playing soccer with bare feet on dirt fields where neighborhood kids would mark the goals with t-shirts and rolled-up socks. Derek Mills (1990) is an Olympic gold medalist in track and field at the 1996 Summer Olympics. A stellar freshman campaign earned him Rookie of the Year honors, but after three seasons in New England, Dempsey headed across the pond to England on the then-richest Premier League contract ever for an American at Fulham in southwest London.In 2013, Seattle Sounders FC executed the then-largest transfer deal in MLS history to bring Clint Dempsey back to the USA. Dempsey's first national team experience came with the U-20 team, where he was part of the side that made the Quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA Youth World Championships in the United Arab Emirates. Since his first appearance with the MNT, a World Cup Qualifying match against Jamaica in 2004, Dempsey has become the sixth-most capped player in team history. Last summer, he paced the MNT with three goals and three assists en route to a Third Place finish at Copa America Centenario. Those dreams came true in 2006, when he was selected by Bruce Arena for the roster headed to that year’s World Cup in Germany. Bill Hamid's high school coach says, the game runs deep in him. The Post's Clinton Yates catches up with D.C. United coach Ben Olsen and goalkeeper Bill Hamid during the team's community day at Cardozo Senior High School. 1 Spain and Brazil in consecutive matches during the USA’s historic run to the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final. Once Dempsey’s talent was recognized, his parents would make the six-hour round trip drive to Dallas to practice with Dallas Texans, an elite youth club.