Even if you are not a soccer fan, you probably know all about 14-year-old wunderkind Freddy Adu, who made his MLS debut for DC United this weekend. Adu came on in the 61st minute of DC's 2-1 season opening win over defending champion San Jose. Did he live up to the hype? Of course not. I would have been very surprised if he really made an impact in half an hour, particularly once DC was reduced to ten men due to Dema Kovalenko's red card. I hope Adu becomes all he is cracked up to be, as a fan of both DC and the US national team. Now that the "debut" hype is over he can, hopefully, get down to the business of learning how to be a professional soccer player. I figure that once the spotlight moves on to its next target, Freddy will thrive.
Monday, April 05, 2004
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