"The Seattle Sounders and Tottenham Hotspur are finalizing the transfer of U.S. national team star Clint Dempsey, who is expected to be introduced as the newest Sounder as early as Saturday, multiple sources told ESPNFC.com." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

This is getting downright weird at this point. I loved EJ's response: if this were going to happen, I probably would've leaked it by now, right? - Jennifer Dittrich

I mean, I have to admit that if true, I wonder whose firstborn had to be sacrificed to Portland to put us ahead in the allocation order for national team players. Because they're #1 right now, and we're #2. - Jennifer Dittrich

Is there someone else on the national team who could be going to them? - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Not really sure, but 'national team' is pretty broad by their definition (including people like Sammy Ochoa, who you'd say is only tangentially related to the current team.) The 'silly season' does often produce surprises, but often rumors like this are fuel for better contract negotiations elsewhere. It isn't impossible, I'm just not getting my hopes up. - Jennifer Dittrich

This just hit the Mirror as well. Can't say it won't be interesting to follow. - Jennifer Dittrich

... and now we're seeing actual numbers related to a transfer fee from people claiming confirmation: https://twitter.com/Jeremia... - Jennifer Dittrich