Clinton Drew Dempsey

The New England Revolution chosen Clint Dempsey 8th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. His rookie season he began 23 of 24 suits scoring seven goals. Dempsey facilitated the Revolution to the Eastern Conference Finals and earned 2004 MLS Rookie of the Year Honors. In 2005 Dempsey scored ten targets and additional 9 contributes in 26 games. He scored the game winning target in the Eastern Conference Final on the way to the MLS Cup Final. The chasing year Dempsey additional eight more targets in 2006 but missed important time in the playoffs due to injury. He came on as a substitute in the MLS Cup Final but the Revolution no where their second straight final this time on penalties.

Clinton Drew Dempsey
Clinton Drew Dempsey
Clinton Drew DempseyIn December 2006, Fulham presented MLS a $4 million transfer payment for Dempsey, thereafter the highest quantity ever presented for an MLS player. The league matched to the transfer; however, Dempsey motionless lacked to receive a labor allow from the United Kingdom Home Office. On January ten, 2007, the Home Office given Dempsey the labor allow, therefore approving him to play in England . On May 5, 2007, Dempsey scored his first and merely target of the 2006–07 season for Fulham afterwards emanating on as a 54th tiny substitute against Liverpool, in a crucial suit which Fulham won 1–0. The target ensured Fulham's lid flight condition for the 2007–08 season. Dempsey was a pivotal fraction of the beginning squad for Fulham during the 2007–08 season. His six targets, all scored in the Premier League, prepared him Fulham's lid scorer in league play and tied for the club lead in all competitions. In May 2008, Dempsey received an automatic contract extension from Fulham that would have retained him at the club through 2010. Dempsey scored his first target in the 2008–09 campaign on October 26, 2008,
Clinton Drew Dempsey
Clinton Drew Dempsey
Clinton Drew Dempsey
Clinton Drew Dempsey
On August 13, 2009, Dempsey gestured a contract extension to remain with Fulham through 2013. On August twenty, he scored his first target in European competition, in the newly shaped Europa League, netting Fulham's second target in a 3–1 win against Amkar Perm in the play-off round. On December thirty, La Gazzetta dello Sport dubbed Dempsey as one of the lid eleven Premier League players of the season. On January 17, 2010, Dempsey suffered a suspected cruciate knee ligament injury in a 2–0 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers. On March 11, Dempsey returned, emanating on in the final tiny of Fulham's loss away to Juventus and thereafter ended 72 minutes of their away loss to Manchester United in the league. On March 18, Dempsey came off the bench against Juventus in their second leg final 16 tie in the Europa League and scored the winner on a lengthy chip shot. The Guardian advised that the target "might become the majority legendary target in Fulham's history". On May 12, Dempsey displaced Bobby Zamora in the 55th tiny of the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final, therefore earning history in becoming the first ever American to emerge in a main European final. In the end, Fulham no where the suit, as Atlético Madrid's Diego Forlán scored in the 116th tiny of extra time, paying Atlético a 2–1 win. His plays during 2009–10 earned him the appointment of Most Valuable Player among Americans in Europe via SoccerOverThere.com, among other sources.