The Portland Timbers scored four goals in the first half then held off Cascadia rival Seattle Sounders 4-2 on Sunday, snapping the Sounders’ five-game unbeaten streak.
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Steven Taylor discusses the rivalry match with Seattle, the Portland atmosphere, and his first club goal. Dempsey was the U.S.’s top goal-scorer, leading coach Jurgen Klinsmann to hint that the forward could stick around through the 2018 World Cup.
Seattle general manager Garth Lagerwey said Friday that Dempsey’s irregular heartbeat is something the team has been monitoring during the season and the club is now waiting on the recommendations of doctors on how to proceed. A three-time World Cup champion, Dempsey has 52 career goals on the global stage, which is second only to Landon Collins for the USA all-time.
Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his 16th goal of the season in the 55th minute and the New York Red Bulls beat the New England Revolution 1-0. While we don’t know the severity yet as the Sounders haven’t release any specific information publicly, they (and likely U.S. Soccer) will want to err on the side of caution and make sure he’s 100 percent before returning to soccer activities. “We care about Clint, and we need to figure out what’s going on with Clint”. We scored four goals, and it could have been more goals, too.
Dempsey, 33, played all 90 minutes of Seattle’s 3-1 win against Portland last Sunday but did not travel with the team for a midweek game at Houston.
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“I think that we are just scratching the surface of the team that we can be”, he said.
