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I'm probably influenced unduly by my 'club Britannia' type Seattle-area friends :- ) who universally minimize U.S. players to me ... my reads of the Arsenal Mania, GoonersWorld etc type boards are probably biased by my personal experience with my IRL friends.
Keepers seem like a special case to me ... my ex-London mates are glad to grant that Americans can do that ... does not diminish their condescension towards U.S. players in the other 10 positions...
'Aloof' is quite a good characterization of Dempsey now that you bring it up.  I agree that the sincerity of English club fans transcends nationality, if a player's got the goods.  In fact one of my local transplanted-English friends is a rabid Sounder fan, and to my amazement, giddy over the acquisition of Dempsey.  Suddenly he's a legitimate European star ;- )
Appreciate it Fungineer.

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