Though the Premier League schedule denied a meeting between US National Team players Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan, the FA Cup schedule has obliged. The two teams advanced over the weekend, and Sunday's draw means they'll meet in the Fourth Round at Goodison Park the weekend of January 28th.
Dempsey scored a hat-trick in the Third Round, telling his club's official site: "I’ll get the match ball signed by some of the boys and take it back to the States - that will be a good memory to have. It’s the first time I’ve got a hat-trick in my professional career so that’s always good."
When asked about the next FA Cup game, Dempsey focused on Fulham rather than the opponent: "Hopefully we’ll go on a nice sort of run in the FA Cup. We’ll just take one game at a time and if we play the football that we know we are capable of then maybe we can go all the way.”
