U.S. international Clint Dempsey has been left behind as the rest of the Cottagers squad visits Switzerland as part of its preseason program.
A club spokesman suggested that Dempsey’s fitness is not what it should be, so he’s been left behind to up-armor his strength and stamina with the youth reserves.
And if you buy that, I’ve got a spanking new, soccer specific stadium in downtown Boston that I’d love to sell you.
This is one of two things: Dempsey forcing a move from his longtime London club, or it’s the club’s choice to leave a man behind who isn’t in the plans for 2012-13, who will soon be on the move.
Because Dempsey’s fitness probably isn’t that big an issue. Forgetting for a minute that preseason is all about building fitness, Dempsey isn’t the sort to while away his summer hours at the local Hungry Heifer.
He is 100 percent about soccer, a driven sort who knows a little about fishing, knows how to support family and knows a whole lot about being a professional soccer player – and that’s about it on Dempsey’s short list of things to be passionate about.
Fitness? Yeah, I’m sure it’s fine.
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- mkbryant3 - Aug 1, 2012 at 12:01 PM
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Come on SD. Clearly, the Revs got allocation money from Chivas to bring Dempsey back to the Revs. How is everyone missing this one?!
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- Steve Davis - Aug 1, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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Ha! Yes. Don’t know how they slipped this one by me. He said he wanted to play “Champions League.” For all we knew, the man meant “CONCACAF Champions League.”
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- bazimon - Aug 1, 2012 at 10:03 PM
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If he’s serious about playing CL, then why all the Liverpool rumors?
