FILE - In this June 12, 2012, file photo, United States' Clint Dempsey, left, scores against Guatemala during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Guatemala City. Dempsey hasn't played in a competitive game since June, a streak he hopes to see end on Friday, Sept. 7, when the Americans head to Jamaica for the start of a home-and-home World Cup qualifying series that could go a long way toward which nation gets to take control of Group A. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)