Team USA captain Clint Dempsey scored just 29 seconds after kick ... his family drove him six hours round trip from Nacogdoches, Texas to Dallas so he could hone his soccer skills In the eyes ...

You’ve heard the old saw about Clint Dempsey a thousand times by now ... the ingenuity and bravery of the stone-faced striker from Texas: “He tries sh*t.” As far as three-word descriptors ...