Freddy Adu, midfielder 15 Minutes of Fame ESPN

Freddy Adu joins Osterlen FF, his 15th club and playing in Sweden's

Freddy Adu changed all that. Nike signed the teenager to a $1 million apparel and shoe deal. At the time, Ivan Gazidis, then-MLS Deputy Commissioner and current CEO of AC Milan, said, "I think Nike anticipates that Freddy Adu will be to men's soccer what Mia Hamm has been to women's soccer." In effect, the face of the sport in America.

American soccer player Freddy Adu signs with 11th team in as many years

2003. Adu played with the U.S. U-17 National Team in 2003 and helped the side qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup with a goal and an assist in a pair of 3-0 wins over Jamaica and Guatemala in March.

Former USA youth prodigy Freddy Adu joins 13th club, aged just 26

Freddy Adu is back playing professional soccer, with Ives Galarcep reporting that the one-time teenage prodigy has signed with Osterlen FF in Sweden's third division. Sixteen years after.

Freddy Adu Biography Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements

Home Scores Schedule Transfers Teams Leagues & Cups Tables USWNT More Freddy Adu was supposed to save U.S. soccer before his career fizzled out. But he has found happiness in coaching as he.

Sports names and faces Freddy Adu, Dan Wheldon

32. Freddy Adu - Serbia. At 14, Freddy Adu was the great new hope of American soccer; by the age of 25, he was playing for Serbian outfit FK Jagodina. Well, we say playing… Adu made a single.

Freddy Adu joins 15th club in Swedish third tier FOOTBALL News

Freddy Adu, 30, right, former D.C. United soccer prodigy, is helping to coach youths in the Baltimore area through Next Level Soccer program started by his friend Rafik Kechrid, left..

Freddy Adu, MLS legend, still has big dreams "I'm ready to play again

Been chasing this one for years and @bruceschoenfeld delivered. Freddy Adu isn't giving up even if everyone else is. The one-time phenom and face of soccer in America reflects on a career that.

Freddy Adu, midfielder 15 Minutes of Fame ESPN

Freddy Adu: US Soccer's 14-Year-Old Phenom Photo by Paul Hawthorne/MLSNETImages Freddy Adu burst into the national spotlight at the age of 14. The teenage attacking midfielder was the No. 1 overall pick by DC United in the MLS Superdraft and signed a massive $1 million endorsement deal with Nike.

Freddy Adu Through the Years Sports Illustrated

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was supposed to mark the international coming-out party for one of America's biggest soccer stars. Instead, Freddy Adu, 24, will be watching the World Cup from.

A decade after Freddy Adu joined the Union, he admits he didn't work

On the evening of October 13, 2018, a man that single-handedly catapulted 'soccer' into mainstream culture in America made his final appearance for the Las Vegas Lights -- an unspectacular.

Freddy Adu’s Soccer Talent Burned Too Brightly Too Quickly The New

The Ghana-born attacking midfielder had moved to the US in 1997 and swiftly became the great hope of American soccer. Comparisons to Pele soon followed, but Adu failed to live up to the immeasurable hype, playing for 15 clubs in nine different countries. Here are the highs and the lows of his nomadic career. Attracting Inter

Freddy Adu playing during the second half Kamenko Pajic Photography

Published Jan. 24, 2021, 7:48 p.m. ET Ten years ago this summer, the Union shocked American soccer by bringing former teenage phenom Freddy Adu back to MLS.

What happened to Freddy Adu, football's original wonderkid? Football

At the age 14, Freddy Adu was already the highest paid player in Major League Soccer, starring in commercials alongside Pele, and being tipped to become the.

Freddy Adu How the pressure to the face of US soccer ruined his

You won't find a more famous example of that in American soccer than former teenage sensation Freddy Adu. Signed by D.C. United at 14, Adu became the youngest athlete to ever sign a.

Freddy Adu's return highlights US Soccer's 2011 Gold Cup roster

Mexico. Freddy Adu still hasn't given up on his playing career. Adu's story has become folklore by now: a child prodigy who turned pro at 14, only to become a journeyman who played on more than a dozen teams and never lived up to his billing as "the next. Now 33, Adu's career seems for all intents and purposes to be finished.

What on earth happened to Freddy Adu? » The MALESTROM

Back in 2004, in the eighth week of the Major League Soccer season, D.C. United played the Los Angeles Galaxy. The game itself was not particularly important, but many fans in the stadium were.