Obama hails players

Barack Obama

Barack Obama has called the United States team to commend them on their efforts at the World Cup, Soccerway reports.

USA bowed out of the tournament in a hard-fought last-16 clash with Belgium on Tuesday, going down 2-1 after extra-time in Salvador.

Their high-energy exhibits throughout their time in Brazil earned Jurgen Klinsmann’s side plenty of plaudits, and captain Clint Dempsey and goalkeeper Tim Howard, who made a World Cup- record 15 preserves against Belgium, have been offered the personal felicitations of US President Obama.

“You guys did us proud,” Obama verbalized.

“You guys did great, and as somebody whose first sport was soccer, the way you captured the hearts and imaginations of the whole country is unbelievable.

“The sport has been growing steadily just because so many kids are playing it at a puerile age but this is the first time I cerebrate you genuinely had an entire country focused.

“Clint, you were fantastic, and Tim, I don’t ken how you’re going to survive the mobs when you come back home – you’re going to have to shave your beard so they don’t ken who you are!

“You guys did us proud, not just by how hard you played and how well you did but withal you guys carry yourselves with an abundance of class.

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