Clint Dempsey Becomes 1st American To Notch Hat Trick In An EPL Match

(Pardon the video's quality, it's the best I could find on YouTube. I'm not sure of the UK laws but it looks like the EPL doesn't allow YouTube or other websites to post highlight videos of their games. Weird).

No matter what you did today, odds are that Clint Dempsey had a better day than you. The U.S. national team star scored a hat trick for Fulham this afternoon in their 5-2 win over Newcastle.

Dempsey became the first American ever to score three goals in an English Premier League game. What's more, his first of the match was the 50th of his career. He now has 15 (2 more than his career-high from last year) for his club this season, including nine in EPL contests.

"We never found our rhythm in the first half but we began to get into their penalty area in the second half,'' Dempsey said after taking his Premier League tally to nine goals. "Danny Murphy scored the first goal and then we kept going and going. Luckily the ball kept going in. We never took our foot off the gas and we took our chances.''

Fulham manager Martin Jol was delighted with the American's performance and was keen for it continue as the team moved eight points away from the relegation zone.
"Clint Dempsey is our top scorer,'' Jol said. "He is doing what he does best. Clint scores goals and if he can score 12 goals this year and some other players do we will be fine.''

This came two weeks since Dempsey's first career hat trick: in an FA Cup game against Charlton.

It'll be interesting to see if Dempsey gets transferred to a bigger English club (cough cough Arsenal or Liverpool) that needs a goal-scorer. You never know, it could happen.

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