Barack Obama has been sending goodwill messages to the USA team throughout the World Cup and with the USMNT out of the tournament, the US President calld former Fulham forward Clint Dempsey and Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard to congratulate them on their performances.

Despite going out in the last-16, the Americans were praised for the way they played in Brazil and appeared to generate a huge amount of interest in the US which is often seen as having little interest in soccer...