2024-08-17 03:08:23
US President Barack Obama called the captain and goalkeeper of the country’s national football team, Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard, on Wednesday and praised the team’s performance in the World Cup. Let’s remind that the US team reached the 1/8 finals. This was reported by the press service of the White House.
Obama praised not only the actions of the team members on the field, but also their behavior off the field. At the same time, he expressed the opinion that the football players gave the country a reason to be proud. Obama asked Dempsey and Howard to convey his congratulations to head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and the entire team.
In turn, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby informed that the head of that department, Chuck Hagel, also had a telephone conversation with Howard “to thank him for protecting the goal of the US team.” Hagel joked that after some preparation, Howard “could become defense secretary.”