History will likely be very kind to Clint Dempsey’s international legacy. If the game against Trinidad & Tobago turns out to be his final appearance for the Stars and Stripes, he’ll finish with the third most caps in USMNT history, tied for the most goals and being the only American man to have scored in three World Cups. That he was also part of the first USMNT squad in eight cycles to fail to qualify for the World Cup will likely be nothing more than a footnote at some point.
In an interview with Steve Zakuani (above), Dempsey seems well aware of all this.