--- title: World Cup 2014: U.S. Soccer Captain Clint Dempsey Posts Cute Instagram description: U.S. soccer wins Instragram canonical: https://time.com/2884089/clint-dempsey-fathers-day-instagram-soccer-worldcup/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T18:18:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:29.158Z og:title: U.S. Soccer Captain Clint Dempsey Posts Adorable Father's Day Instagram og:description: U.S. soccer wins Instragram og:url: https://time.com/2884089/clint-dempsey-fathers-day-instagram-soccer-worldcup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Soccer Captain Clint Dempsey Posts Adorable Father's Day Instagram twitter:description: U.S. soccer wins Instragram twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # U.S. Soccer Captain Clint Dempsey Posts Adorable Father's Day Instagram > Sponsored content. 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A pair of tickets to the next World Cup says that the young lad summiting Dempsey’s shoulders and the two in his lap are quite possibly the happiest kids in the world tonight. 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