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History Was Not Lost

nikesingpore — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:31:59 GMT

One game. One player. And now the door is open. Just stepping on the field meant something.

Last night Clint Dempsey became the first American to play in a European cup final.

"I know if I am the first American," Dempsey told the UK's Daily Mail. "I won't be the last."

Athletico Madrid took the inaugural European trophy from a late winner in the 116th minute, but Dempsey finished another strong year in Europe and now brings that confidence back home and into national team camp on May 17th when the team begins building toward South Africa where more chances to write the future beckon.

The Top Is For The Taking

BLOG_MY — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:58:52 GMT

Long ball coming. Chest it down to your teammate; get in behind your marker; run on to the through ball, and finish with a 17-yard blast to the near post.

That's number 7, and Clint Dempsey equals his career best for one Premiership season.

Write The Future

Fulham's Future

BLOG_MY — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:59:32 GMT

Even after more than 100 years of soccer there is still a new future to write.

On Thursday Fulham returns to European competition, deeper in a continental tournament than every before.

Clint Dempsey's last strike in Europe was a chip to the far post that put the cottagers into the quarterfinals over Juventus. Now recovered from an injury, his creative touch is back for the start of the semi finals in Hamburg.

Every game is a new one, but this is a game Fulham has never seen.

How far can the whites go in Europe?

Write The Future.

Masterful Debuts

BLOG_MY — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:02:09 GMT

Every player loves a new pair of boots. America’s top athletes have proved that with goal-scoring performances while debuting their newest weapons this season.

Last fall in America, Landon Donovan tied on his CTR360 Maestri’s for the first time and scored the night’s only goal in a crucial late-season clash with Chicago. Master Control.

In December, Michael Bradley added a laser free kick from 18 yards out in an 8-goal thriller in Germany while debuting his new T90 Laser III’s. Master Accuracy.

And Wednesday in London, Clint Dempsey stepped into the new Mercurial Vapor Superfly II’s and in a flash turned to place the perfect game-winner past an unexpecting goal keeper into the far corner. Master Speed.

Masterful Debuts Indeed.

Dempsey's Day

BLOG_MY — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:59:27 GMT

It was one of Fulham's greatest nights in European Football. Clint Dempsey was the hero, and Fulham fans had West London rocking.

The term "super sub" is thrown around the soccer world, but Clint Dempsey made it matter coming off the bench for Fulham against Juventus today.

With the clock winding down, with the teams tied on aggregate, in his first game with the brand new Mercurial Vapor Superfly II, the USMNT star turned and chipped a perfect ball from the top right corner of the penalty area into the far post upper90 and put Fulham through to quarterfinals of their European competition.

There is no better example of a Super Sub. Today was Dempsey's day.

That's now eight goals this year for Dempsey. How high can he go - another year as Fulham's leading scorer?

Lace Up

BLOG_MY — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:04:36 GMT

There are thousands of ways to wear the laces and even more things to do with them, but there's only one way to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and that is why the laces exist.

Crossing both borders and sports, a group of some of the finest athletes in the world have come together to raise awareness about Africa's AIDS pandemic.

Only education holds a longterm answer for halting the spread of AIDS, and by wearing NIKE(RED) laces on their feet (or hands, heads, arms, waist…) Didier Drogba, Andrei Arshavin, Clint Dempsey, Denilson, Marco Materazzi, Javier Mascherano, Fabio Cannavaro, along with Maria Sharapova and Kobe Bryant want to encourage fans globally to Lace Up Save Lives.

Learn more about Lace Up Save Lives and join the must-win fight against AIDS in Africa.

Be your own hero

Nikefootball_Singapo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:02:00 GMT

When Clint Dempsey was 11 he got heart-broken when the news came to Nacogdoches that Maradona would not be playing in the 1994 FIFA World Cup game played in the Cotton Bowl.

Welcome to the zone

Nikefootball_Singapo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:01:25 GMT

When players are asked about how they feel and what they hear during a game, the answers are always the same: they can't really focus on anything but the ball.

Mind VS Muscle

Nikefootball_Singapo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:03:06 GMT

Physical strength can help you become a good player. Mental strength is what's going to make you a great one.

Episode 4: Mind games

Nikefootball_Singapo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:00:16 GMT

Our minds need to be as powerful as our bodies. Find out the importance of mental strength and how to go head to head with the top players in Europe.

Episode 3: No balls, no brilliance

Nikefootball_Singapo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:04:00 GMT

You have to lose something to win everything. All the sacrifices and hard times our players had to overcome to make it.

Lose something

Nikefootball_Singapo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT

In 2004, Dempsey played two games with a broken jaw before the team trainer diagnosed it, and upon his return he played through the pain of a sprained ankle.

Episode 2: Whatever it takes

Nikefootball_Singapo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:05:00 GMT

Determination is the ultimate talent. Hard work is what it takes to play top level football.

7 rising stars

Nikefootball_Singapo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:02:00 GMT

Our footballers may speak different languages, come from different countries, wear different colors, but in the end they teach us one indispensable lesson: if you really want it, work for it.

Unconditional love

Nikefootball_Singapo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT

Clint Dempsey and his father traveled 6 hours a day from his hometown Nacogdoches, Texas to Dallas so he could play competitive football. This dedication has taken him all the way to the Premiereship League in England.