U.S. international forward Clint Dempsey has seen his dream of playing in the 2010 World Cup put in
danger after suffering an apparently serious knee injury in the second half of Fulham's 2-0 loss to
Blackburn Rovers on Sunday. Following the match, Fulham manager Roy Hodgson sounded grim on the
prospects of a quick return for Dempsey.
Clint Dempsey hit the bar for Fulham against Blackburn Rovers Sunday with a spectacular bicycle
kick before suffering an injury that could end his World Cup dreams (AP Photo).
Bob Bradley is doing the same thing as the rest of us - waiting for word on the severity of the
injury the U.S. forward suffered Sunday for Fulham.
As the US took the field to play Honduras Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, nobody was
any under illusions about the nature of the game. It was a friendly in the friendliest sense.
The pregame party in the parking lot was full of good cheer. The Honduras fans, which outnumbered
the US fans by 4 to 1, heartily applauded when Jonathan Bornstein, whose late strike against Costa
Rica in October sent Honduras into the World Cup finals, was introduced.
