US National Team Good Enough to get Relegated from the Premiership

SI.com offered "Fulhamerica!" as its title, but I wanted something that sounded less like some cheesy stage show.

US National Team member Eddie Johnson signed with Fulham FC of the English Premier League. Johnson is the fifth American on the West London club's 25-man roster; joining fellow "colonials" Clint "There aren't enough rap songs about soccer..." Dempsey, Carlos "Charley Blackmouth" Bocanegra, washed-up goalkeeper Kasey Keller, and Chicago area product and all-around badass Brian McBride.

Sadly, Johnson may not be a Premiership player for long. It has long been agreed on internet message boards devoted to the Beautiful game that the best team in MLS is probably on par with the best team in the League Championship (England's Triple-A) or the worst team in the Premiership (still would be one of the best 40 teams in the world). Sadly, in Fulham's case, this appears to be a dead-on prediction.

Each season the three worst teams in the EPL are sent down to "the minors" and replaced with three of the best teams from the League Championship. Fulham is presently in 19th out of 20 teams- five points from safety and will need Johnson's scoring touch to kickstart their escape from the drop zone.