SPORTS
Thursday, February 16, 2017
East Oregonian
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Soccer
Clint Dempsey back on pitch, feeling good again after heart scare
Associated Press
TUKWILA, Wash. —
Seattle Sounders star Clint
Dempsey said Tuesday the
symptoms that eventually
led him to being diagnosed
with an irregular heartbeat
first surfaced last February
but it wasn’t until late
summer that it became
serious enough to affect his
ability to play.
Dempsey spoke to the
media for the first time since
he was diagnosed with the
irregular heartbeat in August
and his season was shut
down. He was a spectator
as the Sounders went on to
win their first MLS Cup title
and missed the beginning of
World Cup qualifying for
the United States.
“It was a heart issue. It’s
something that’s difficult to
kind of explain,” Dempsey
said. “But at the same time
I’m not feeling those things
anymore and I’m happy to
be back playing.”
Seattle
Sounders
forward
Clint
Dempsey
kicks the
ball, Mon-
day, Feb.
13, 2017,
during
training in
Tukwila,
Wash.
AP Photo/Ted S.
Warren
Dempsey said he first
noticed symptoms last
February during training
camp and he spent the early
part of the season trying
to figure out what was
happening. Dempsey said
he felt good playing for the
United States during the
Copa America last summer,
but after returning from the
competition started “feeling
more stuff.”
Dempsey was announced
as being out Aug. 26 due
to the irregular heartbeat,
two days before Seattle
faced rival Portland. He
never played again last
season, although there was
optimism in September
that Dempsey might have
a chance to return. He was
ruled out for the season
in late September after
undergoing an undisclosed
procedure.
“I was experiencing the
same issues that forced me
off to do the right thing and
give my body the right rest
and making sure that I would
be better,” Dempsey said.
“That’s what I had to do, I
had to take the time off and
now I’m not experiencing
those issues anymore.”
The
33-year-old
remained guarded about any
specifics regarding his heart
condition saying, “I don’t
really want to go that much
into it.” But he has been
cleared for a progressive
increase in his workload.
Dempsey has been a
full participant in practices
and had stints of 30 and
45 minutes in preseason
games in Arizona recently.
That workload is expected
to increase as the Sounders
leave later this week for the
final stage of their preseason
training in South Carolina.
Dempsey estimated he’s
probably at 85 percent to
90 percent of his full fitness
level right now after starting
a closely monitored exer-
cise regime before training
camp.
“I was able to consis-
tently progress and work on
my fitness and make sure
everything was moving
in the right direction,”
Dempsey said. “It started
off slow and had to work
my way up and still working
up now but feeling like I’m
finally getting close.”
Dempsey is also hopeful
of working his way back
into
consideration
for
the U.S. national team.
Dempsey said he spoke with
Bruce Arena late last year
about everything that was
going on.
“It would be great to get
back in with the U.S. team
but to do that I have to do
well here and that’s the main
focus, is here with Seattle
and making an impact on
the field here,” Dempsey
said.
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