Russell Wilson Congratulates ‘Cliff Dempsey’ After USMNT Win over Ghana

June 17, 2014   ·   Dan Carson   ·   Jump to comments

Russell Wilson is a smart guy, but he may not be the biggest soccer fan you know.
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback made a valiant attempt at congratulating the U.S. men's national soccer team on their group-stage win over Ghana at the World Cup on Monday night, but he ended up botching the particulars.
Wilson tweeted out his support to the U.S. side for their 2-1 victory, but something in the message didn't look quite right:
Ah, yes. Good ol' "Cliff Dempsey." I don’t remember him making the USMNT roster, but I do remember him being quite helpful after I drove a car through my living room.
Wilson quickly deleted the tweet and tried again, this time to better results:
Soccer fans who jumped on the quarterback's first tweet thanked him for getting it right the second time around:
I'd like to give Wilson a pass on this one. While he is far from exciting on social media, he seems to be personally tweeting from his Twitter account. He, like so ma...

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