Clint Dempsey may be the greatest American soccer player of all time. If he plays through next season, he will have been with the Seattle Sounders longer than at any other club. He will also have a chance to have scored more goals for Seattle than he did for Fulham and could very well retire as the Sounders’ leading scorer, assist man, and playoff scorer. Perhaps with all that said, it isn’t shocking that the team would like to get at least one more year from him.
Dempsey’s age, though, makes us ask the question, should we be worried about decline?