Come on you whites!

Well, Fulham are still leaving the dream, having advanced to the Europa League final May 12th courtesy of a 2-1 aggregate win over Hamburg. This means for the first time ever an American player (Clint Dempsey) may feature in a European final. I say may to be safe as he has not been starting the European games since coming back from injury, but has featured in all of them as a substitute including last nights victory in London.

DeMarcus Beasely almost made it a few years back with PSV losing out to AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals and no one has come close until now. Dempsey has been a key figure for Fulham over the last two seasons and is arguably the biggest success of any American to play abroad. He certainly has competition in the likes of Claudio Reyna, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard, and many others. However none of them have made it to as grand a stage as Clint and Fulham will see in two weeks time.

Back to the game for a moment. The first Fulham goal is about as good of a goal as you will see anywhere. A great run, a great pass, and Simon Davies takes two sick touches of the ball before volleying into the net. It's hard to pick between this goal and Dempsey's against Juventus two rounds ago, both were massive in scope and skill. Luckily Fulham fans don't have to choose, they have them both!

You can find full game highlights here including two other excellent goals from Petric and Gera.