TUKWILA, Wash. — “Cautiously optimistic.”
That’s the phrase Seattle Sounders general manager Garth Lagerwey used to describe the possibility of forward Clint Dempsey returning to game action this season after Dempsey trained with the club for the first time Wednesday since undergoing a procedure to address some of the issues of an irregular heartbeat.
Lagerwey said Dempsey underwent the procedure last week and returned to Seattle on Monday, but the Sounders’ GM was unable to disclose anything specific about the procedure because of medical privacy issues.
But, Lagerwey said, the organization is following a protocol for Dempsey’s recovery and is in constant contact with Dempsey’s doctors.