TUKWILA, Wash. — Seattle Sounders GM and President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey announced on Tuesday that Clint Dempsey will be out for the remainder of the season, a cautionary but essential measure taken after the team learned of its star striker's irregular heartbeat last month.
Lagerwey said the Sounders are hopeful Dempsey will be able to return in 2017, though there will not be any additional updates on his status until preseason camp early next year.
“We simply haven’t been able to get to a point where we felt comfortable there was a realistic chance [he’d be able to come back],” Lagerwey said.