Pardon the delay but we'd like to catch up on something that happened over the weekend while the NFL playoffs began stateside.
Clint Dempsey scored the first hat trick of his professional career, something that he never did with the New England Revolution either, when he scored three times for Fulham on Saturday at Craven Cottage in a 4-0 win over Charlton in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.
The three goals pretty much summed up why Dempsey is such a feared goal-scorer. The first was a through ball that he finished over the goalkeeper with his right foot. Then he had a similar goal, except with his left. Finally, he stepped up to the line for a penalty kick and blasted it in while the crowd went crazy.
It topped off a big week for the pride of the United States since Dempsey made his Twitter debut (@clint_dempsey) a few days earlier. Normally, I wouldn't note something trivial like that but 1) I'm hopelessly addicted to Twitter and 2) Dempsey is by far the most successful American abroad. Needless to say, if you're on Twitter (step it up Shimer!), you need to follow Dempsey.
He's always been a pretty guarded and quiet guy so I'm looking forward to getting to know him better through Twitter. Now all we need is Tim Howard to follow his lead and get a Twitter handle, that would make my life complete.
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