FIFA measured Dempsey's goal at 30 seconds after kickoff, the sixth fastest in World Cup history and the fastest by an American player. He was also the first American to score in three World Cups. DaMarcus Beasley made history by becoming the first American to participate in four World Cups. The last American to score in a World Cup was Chris Wondolowski in 2014; the last American to start a match was Jeff Agoos in 1990. Dempsey scored just over two years after his father Thomas died of cancer. The death caused him to miss the 2006 World Cup in France where America went out in the group stage. However, he did play on three other occasions with two goals. He is one of only three Americans to score in at least five World Cups (along with Carlos Valderrama and Brian McBride). The others are who we'll be looking at today: John Anderson, Stuart Holden, and Landon Donovan. Anderson played for the United States from 1956 to 1970, scoring seven times and helping the U.S. reach the final of the 1960 Olympics. He then moved abroad to play for England's Nottingham Forest until 1975 when he returned home to join the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. In 1977, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and ended his career there in 1979. He died at the age of 61 in Fort Lauderdale due to heart failure.