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FSC to air Everton-Fulham FA Cup bout

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U.S. national team stars Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey have not shared a field together since the CONCACAF Gold Cup final, but Friday they are slated to do so — as opponents.

Everton and Fulham meet in a fourth-round FA Cup match at Goodison Park, and Fox Soccer Channel has picked up the 3 p.m. broadcast for American viewers to able to catch the showdown. Both players are in form for their respective clubs, with the on-loan Donovan having a hand in goals in three of his five games with the Toffees and Dempsey notching hat tricks in two of his last three games for Fulham.

The last time Donovan and Dempsey were opponents on the same field was May 6, 2006, when Dempsey's New England Revolution turned in a 4-0 beating of Donovan's Los Angeles Galaxy. They've yet to play together as teammates under U.S. national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann, but that could very well change next month, when the United States plays Italy in Genoa on Feb. 29.

As for Everton and Fulham, the two clubs last met in October, with Tim Howard and Everton getting the better of Dempsey's side in a 3-1 final, although the reigning U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year did manage an assist on a Bryan Ruiz goal.

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  1. I agree…but it seems like anything live on FSC isn’t shown live on foxsoccer.tv. Understandable, but disappointing when you’re at work. Oh well guess I’ll have another productive Friday with no internet at work and another drunken Friday night w/ the DVR….

    …Gold Rush and Fulham v Everton!!!!

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  2. One will surely be less hurt. That player will be deemed “the one.” In the case that the exact same injury bites them both, then it’s a race to fitness. First one back wins…. and if both of their first games back are in Red, White, and Blue under the flag of the United States of America at the same exact time(!!!)… well, this ol’ website might just explode!

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  3. This will no doubt give us the definitive, end-all answer to the question that has incessantly plagued these boards for years:

    Who is the better player – Lando or Deuce?

    Whew, can’t wait to put this one to rest!

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  4. This is good news, when I was checking earlier I was bummed it wouldn’t be included.

    Now if only Comcast would get FSC HD in my area. I can’t take watching soccer in standard def. It’s like a 1980’s video game.

    I end up watching most games online at foxsoccer.tv, best investment ever, other than the no live games thing but that’s udnerstandable.

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  5. Thank you FSC. Now please listen to your viewers more moving forward!

    Have two Americans ever scored in the same game for different teams in European soccer? I’m sure it has happened, just no idea who/when/where.

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