Clint Dempsey will be back with the Seattle Sounders as a Designated Player in 2018, ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle is reporting. Citing “multiple sources”, the report says that Dempsey and the Sounders had agreed to a one-year deal. This follows reports from as far back as a couple weeks ago that suggested something like this was in the works.
Considering the Sounders already had an option year on Dempsey’s contract, this would seem to be a new deal for less than whatever he was due to be paid. Dempsey was paid $3.