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Clint Dempsey retirement: How one goal changed the way I thought about American soccer players
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Clint Dempsey retires: USA, Sounders star ends his storied career - Sports Illustrated
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Clint Dempsey on verge of catching Landon Donovan on USMNT scoring chart
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Clint Dempsey Retires Atop the American Record Books - The New York Times
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How Clint Dempsey's childhood in Nacogdoches inspired the USMNT's 2006 hype video 'Don't Tread' - The Athletic
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Entering US Soccer HOF, former Sounders star Clint Dempsey finds pressure eased
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Clint Dempsey will always be important
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Entering US Soccer Hall, Dempsey finds pressure eased – KGET 17
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Clint Dempsey Comes Home To MLS
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Sounders star forward and U.S. soccer legend Clint Dempsey announces his retirement
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US, Seattle striker Dempsey announces retirement - Punch Newspapers