Clint Dempsey played on the Seattle Sounders 2014 team that won the Supporters’ Shield and was painstakingly close to winning the Western Conference Championship. He played on the 2016 team that, despite his extended absence to heart complications, improbably ran the gauntlet to the franchise’s first MLS Cup.
But this season, Dempsey is impressed with just how strong the 2017 Sounders are from top to bottom.
“It’s the most depth we’ve had since I’ve been here, and it’s exciting,” Dempsey said Friday ahead of the team’s huge clash with the Portland Timbers on Sunday night at CenturyLink Field (6:30 p.