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By FRANCO PANIZO
It must be Thanksgiving weekend, because there are some tasty match-ups involving the Americans Abroad contingent this weekend.
Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona have one of the marquee games, as they take on AC Milan on Sunday. The Flying Donkeys are on a two-game winning streak in Serie A, but Bradley will need to help shutdown the likes of Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic if Chievo is to extend it to three.
Oguchi Onyewu is also involved in a prolific game, as Sporting CP faces Benfica in a battle of Portuguese heavyweights. Second-place Benfica sits just one spot ahead of Sporting CP in the Primeira Liga table, but Onyewu's club could move up to first should it beat Benfica and should league leaders Porto fall to fifth-place Sporting Braga.
Another match worth watching will be Clint Dempsey and Fulham's game versus Arsenal. The Cottagers need to distance themselves further away from the relegation zone, and an upset win on Saturday would be a big result for the club. Should Dempsey find the back of the net in the match, he'd move past Brian McBride as the American with the most goals in the Premiership.
Here is who the Americans Abroad play this weekend:
Matt Taylor and SC Paderborn 07 play FSV Frankfurt.
Jozy Altidore and AZ Alkmaar play FC Utrecht.
SATURDAY
Stuart Holden and Bolton Wanderers play Tim Howard, Marcus Hahnemann and Everton. (Holden is out injured.)
Zak Whitbread and Norwich City play Queens Park Rangers. (Whitbread is out injured.)
Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur play West Bromwich Albion.
Clint Dempsey and Fulham play Arsenal.
Jonathan Spector and Birmingham City play Blackpool.
Robbie Findley and Nottingham Forest play Cardiff City.
Daniel Potts and West Ham United play Conor Doyle and Derby County.
Frank Simek and Carlisle United play Colchester United. (Simek is out injured.)
Mike Grella and Brentford play Rochdale.
Anton Peterlin and Walsall play Stevenage.
Dominic Cervi and Greenock Morton play Queen of the South.
Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 play Terrence Boyd and Borussia Dortmund.
Alfredo Morales and Hertha Berlin play David Yelldell and Bayer Leverkusen.
Timmy Chandler and FC Nurnberg play Kaiserslautern.
Fabian Johnson, Danny Williams and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim play SC Freiburg.
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 play Hamburg SV.
Luis Robles and Karlsruher SC play Alemannia Aachen.
Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich play Ricardo Clark and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Quentin Westberg and Evian Thonon Gaillard play Stade Rennes.
Oguchi Onyewu and Sporting CP play Benfica.
Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play Zulte-Waregem.
SUNDAY
Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj and Aston Villa play Swansea City. (Lichaj is out injured.)
Maurice Edu, Alejandro Bedoya, Carlos Bocanegra and Rangers play Kilmarnock.
Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona play AC Milan.
Edson Buddle and FC Ingolstadt 04 play Energie Cottbus.
Eugene Starikov and FK Tom' Tomsk play Krasnodar.
Michael Parkhurst and FC Nordsjaelland play Silkeborg IF.
Brad Rusin and HB Koge play FC Copenhagen.
Conor O'Brien and SonderjyskE play Lyngby.
Chris Rolfe and Aalborg BK play AGF Aarhus.
Josh Gatt, Sean Cunningham and Molde FK play Sogndal. (Gatt is out injured.)
Mix Diskerud and Stabaek IF play Valerenga.
Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Jose Torres and Pachuca in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Mexico Apertura Liguilla. (Torres is out injured.)
Adrian Ruelas and Jaguares de Chiapas play Santos Laguna in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Mexico Apertura Liguilla.
Diego Restrepo and America de Cali play Deportes Tolima.
MONDAY
Clarence Goodson and Brondby IF play AC Horsens.
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Which matches are you most looking forward to? How do you see Bradley and Chievo faring? Expecting Onyewu and Sporting CP to beat Benfica? Think Dempsey scores against Arsenal?
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