Houston's Ricardo Clark, left, helped shut down Seattle's offense

U.S. player Ricardo Clark (13) celebrates with his teammate Jonathan Spector after scoring during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer...

Midfielder Ricardo Clark scored his second career international goal

Cuauhtemoc Blanco of the Mexico national soccer team, center, fights for the ball against Ricardo Clark, left, and Michael Bradley of the U.S. during a World Cup qualifier soccer match at...

Denmark's Christian Poulsen, right, and Ricardo Clark from the U.S. challenge for the ball during a friendly soccer match between Denmark and...

Ricardo Clark, left, from the US, reacts during a friendly soccer match between Denmark and US in Aarhus...

Denmark's Per Kroldrup, left, and Ricardo Clark from the US challenge for the ball during a friendly soccer match between Denmark and USA...

Denmark's Christian Poulsen, left, and Ricardo Clark from the U.S. challenge for the ball during a friendly soccer match between Denmark and...

Los Angeles Galaxy's Edson Buddle (14) and Houston Dynamo's Ricardo Clark (13) header the ball during the first half of their MLS Western Conference Championship soccer match...

BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 24: Ricardo Clark of USA goes past Xavi (L) and Cesc Fabregas of Spain during the FIFA Confederations Cup...

Ricardo Clark's controversial ejection left the U.S. down a man for much of the game

Costa Rican Walter Centeno (R) vies for the ball with US Ricardo Clark (L) during their FIFA World Cup South Africa-2010 qualifier match on June 3, 2009 at...