Clint Dempsey is an American retired professional soccer player who represented the United States in international competition. From 2004 to 2017, Dempsey appeared 141 times for the national team and scored 57 goals. He is the joint all-time male top scorer for the United States, having tied Landon Donovan and his 57 goals. He was also ranked third worldwide among active international male goalscorers in 2017, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (79) of Portugal and Lionel Messi (61) of Argentina.

Dempsey made his national team debut on November 17, 2004, during a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica in Columbus, Ohio; the call-up came after his rookie season in Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution, where he recorded seven goals and one assist on the way to being named MLS Rookie of the Year. Dempsey scored his first national team goal on May 28, 2005, during a friendly match against England in Chicago. His first competitive national team goal came a month later against Cuba in Seattle during the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, a tournament the United States would go on to win.

Dempsey was named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup roster for the United States and scored the only American goal of the whole tournament, during a 2–1 loss to Ghana in the final group stage match. He scored three goals at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, one each against Egypt, Spain, and Brazil, and helped lead the United States to a finish as runners-up. Dempsey's sole goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup came in a 1–1 draw to England, making him the second American to score in multiple World Cups. During the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Ghana, Dempsey scored 30 seconds after kickoff, the fifth-fastest goal in World Cup history; he also became the first American to score in three consecutive World Cups. He was the top goalscorer at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring seven goals for the United States during their tournament victory and setting a record for most goals scored by an American at the Gold Cup. On July 22, 2017, during a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal against Costa Rica, Dempsey tied Landon Donovan's record for all-time top scorer with his 57th goal. Donovan himself called Dempsey's record "much more impressive", adding that Dempsey had scored fewer penalties and achieved the record in fewer caps.

During his national team career, Dempsey scored two hat-tricks: against Cuba in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and Honduras in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. The plurality of his goals came during FIFA World Cup qualification (18 goals), followed by friendly matches (16 goals) and the CONCACAF Gold Cup (13 goals). He has four World Cup goals in ten appearances, as well as three goals in the Confederations Cup and three goals in the Copa América.

International goals "Score" represents the score in the match after Dempsey's goal. "Score" and "Result" list the United States' goal tally first. Last updated October 10, 2017.

+List of international goals scored by Clint Dempsey Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 May 28, 2005 6 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States 1–2 Friendly 2 July 7, 2005 9 Qwest Field, Seattle, United States 1–1 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 3 February 10, 2006 17 AT&T Park, San Francisco, United States 2–0 Friendly 4 March 1, 2006 18 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany 1–0 5 May 26, 2006 21 Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, United States 2–0 6 June 22, 2006 23 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup 7 June 2, 2007 27 Spartan Stadium, San Jose, United States 3–1 Friendly 8 June 7, 2007 28 Home Depot Center, Carson, United States 1–0 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 9 September 8, 2007 34 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States 2–2 Friendly 10 June 15, 2008 42 Home Depot Center, Carson, United States 1–0 rowspan=2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 5–0 12 September 6, 2008 44 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba 1–0 13 September 10, 2008 45 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, United States 2–0 14 June 21, 2009 54 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa 3–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 15 June 24, 2009 55 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 2–0 16 June 28, 2009 56 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 17 September 5, 2009 58 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, United States 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 18 May 29, 2010 61 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States 2–1 Friendly 19 June 12, 2010 63 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup 20 June 7, 2011 72 Ford Field, Detroit, United States 2–0 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 21 June 19, 2011 75 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States 2–0 22 June 22, 2011 76 Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States 1–0 23 October 8, 2011 79 Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States 1–0 Friendly 24 November 15, 2011 82 Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2–1 25 February 29, 2012 83 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy 1–0 26 June 8, 2012 86 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 27 June 12, 2012 87 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala 1–0 28 September 7, 2012 88 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica 1–0 29 October 16, 2012 91 Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City, United States 2–1 rowspan=2 30 3–1 31 February 6, 2013 92 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1–0 32 March 22, 2013 93 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States 1–0 33 May 29, 2013 95 FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, United States 2–4 Friendly 34 June 2, 2013 96 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States 3–1 rowspan=2 35 4–1 36 September 6, 2013 100 Estadio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 37 June 1, 2014 104 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States 2–0 Friendly 38 June 16, 2014 106 Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup 39 June 22, 2014 107 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 2–1 40 February 8, 2015 112 StubHub Center, Carson, United States 2–0 Friendly 41 July 3, 2015 113 LP Field, Nashville, United States 3–0 42 July 7, 2015 114 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States 1–0 rowspan=2 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup 43 2–0 44 July 10, 2015 115 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States 1–0 45 July 18, 2015 117 M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, United States 1–0 rowspan=3 46 5–0 47 6–0 48 July 25, 2015 119 PPL Park, Chester, United States 1–1 49 March 29, 2016 122 MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, United States 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 50 June 7, 2016 126 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States 1–0 Copa América Centenario 51 June 11, 2016 127 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States 1–0 52 June 16, 2016 128 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States 1–0 53 March 24, 2017 131 Avaya Stadium, San Jose, United States 3–0 rowspan=3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 54 5–0 55 6–0 56 March 28, 2017 132 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama 1–0 57 July 22, 2017 136 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States 2–0 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Statistics Sources: RSSSF, Soccer America, ESPN

By year Year Goals20041020051322006942007133200810420091442010822011145201296201310620149320151092016104201795Total14157

By competition Competition GoalsFIFA World Cup qualification4118FIFA World Cup tournaments104FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments53CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments2513Copa América63Friendlies5216Total14157

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country

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