This stadium hasn’t always brought the best out of Clint Dempsey the Sounder this MLS season, the veteran forward struggling to adjust to life after Obafemi Martins. But in a U.S. national team jersey, when the stakes are at their very highest, there are still few players more adept at rising to the occasion.
Dempsey provided CenturyLink Field with one of its indelible soccer moments on Thursday night in a tense Copa America Centenario quarterfinal against Ecuador, tallying a goal and assist in a 2-1 victory that ended with both teams down to 10 men and victory in doubt all the way until the final whistle.