Clint Dempsey's club Seattle Sounders confirmed that the 33-year-old footballer would be sidelined from this weekend's Major League Soccer clash with the Portland Timbers in Oregon

USA beat Ecuador 2-1 to enter Copa America semi-finals. Clint Dempsey and Gyasi Zardes scored for the winners

Clint Dempsey scored for the United States as they defeated Paraguay to enter the quarter-finals of the 2016 Copa America

Clint Dempsey scored his 50th international goal as United States bounced back from their 2-0 loss to Colombia in the opening game to trounce Costa Rica 4-0 in the 2016 Copa America.

Clint Dempsey will miss the next three Seattle Sounders matches in Major League Soccer. Dempsey tore up the referee's notepad in a 3-1 loss to Portland in the US Open Cup.

Silvestre Varela netted in the final minute of stoppage time as Portugal secured a 2-2 draw with the United States to earn one crucial point.

The 30-year-old, who plays for the Seattle Sounders in the MLS, spent five and a half seasons at Craven Cottage in his first spell after signing in January 2007 from New England Revolution.

Dempsey scored 50 goals in 184 league matches for Fulham from 2007-12. He left for Tottenham before moving to the Seattle Sounders in August.

The London club have removed Gareth Bale's photo from the home page of their official Twitter account.

Dempsey, the US national team captain, joined Spurs from Fulham last year for