COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Clint Dempsey’s aim Thursday is clear: help the U.S. national team gain three points and continue bolstering a once-sluggish World Cup qualifying effort midway through the CONCACAF schedule.
Nothing else matter, he says. Not whether he starts or comes off the bench, pockets another goal or earns credit for an assist.
Getting to Russia next summer – for what would be his fourth World Cup – is the only item on Deuce’s agenda.
Personal honors? Pfff.
“The most important thing is qualifying for the World Cup, so that’s what we’re trying to do.