Your morning Everton headlines for July 16, 2022
Inside Everton's USA tour as Frank Lampard makes Anthony Gordon and Jordan Pickford Everton admissions
Frank Lampard believes Jordan Pickford’s heroic save against Chelsea is the best of the Premier League era.
The Everton boss made the claim as he and several Blues stars relived last season’s relegation battle in front of a sold out theatre crowd in Washington DC. Lampard, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anthony Gordon and Jordan Pickford each recalled their roles in the drama to US-based podcast host and huge Evertonian Roger Bennett.
On Pickford’s incredible stop from Cesar Azpilicueta in the season-defining win over Chelsea, Lampard said: “This save is not save of the season, it’s save of the Premier League era.”
Pickford, for his part, said: “I had a feeling I was going to save it… I changed my body shape and managed to make a decent save.” That “decent save” was voted the best of the Premier League season weeks later.
Read the latest developments from Everton's tour of the US, here.
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Everton and the battle of becoming 'America's team' as aggressive expansion starts to work
The status of football in the US has long been the subject of debate. Will the beautiful game 'take off' in the American market? Has it done so already? Is it, as is often the conclusion, 'on the brink' of doing so?
Whatever the situation, there is clearly a market for football in the States, and one with opportunities to expand. The recent progress of US exports like Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams to the Premier League has only increased this, while the preparations are well underway for the 2026 World Cup, set to be hosted across the US, Canada and Mexico.
One man who can offer genuine insight is former Everton keeper Tim Howard, who now works on US TV network NBC's Premier League coverage. In his view, interest has already exploded: "The interest, the viewership, the ratings that we have at NBC for the Premier League are historic. People in America absolutely love European football. The World Cup will enhance that but it's at such a fever pitch at the moment, it's never been stronger. Everybody is mad for football."
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