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Adu-lation: At 14, Freddy Adu will be U.S. soccer's No. 1 star.
Byline: Scott M. Reid
He might be the only budding superstar in American sports who takes out more trash than he talks.
After spending the past two years in Florida, Freddy Adu has moved back in with his mother and 12-year-old brother in suburban Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. The 14-year-old is expected to make his bed, keep his room clean and do household chores. He can have friends over for a game of pool or PlayStation in the basement rec room, as long as they're gone by Emelia Adu's midnight curfew.
Not that Freddy seems to mind his mother's rules.
"I can't wait to pick up on the life that I gave up two years ago," Adu said.
His naivete reveals something the soccer field rarely does: He's still just a boy.
For perhaps the most famous 14-year-old in the country, if not the world, resuming a normal boyhood might be as difficult as fulfilling the mission that brought him back home: putting the major into Major League Soccer.
A month before he receives his high school diploma, the boy his…
- Adu-lation: At 14, Freddy Adu will be U.S. soccer's No. 1 star.(The Orange...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Reid, Scott M. April 2, 2004 700+ words
...past two years in Florida, Freddy Adu has moved back in with his...as they're gone by Emelia Adu's midnight curfew. Not that Freddy seems to mind his mother...campaign has basically been Much Adu About Freddy. In this dazzling teenager...
- Much Adu about Freddy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Grathoff, Pete April 1, 2004 700+ words
...United in Tampa, Fla. But it wasn't Preki or Tony Meola that brought out the fans. It was Freddy Adu. Check that, it was 14-year-old Freddy Adu. Since its first game in 1996, MLS has flown largely under the radar of U.S. sports fans...
- Much Adu about Freddy.
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star April 1, 2004 700+ words
...United in Tampa, Fla. But it wasn't Preki or Tony Meola that brought out the fans. It was Freddy Adu. Check that, it was 14-year-old Freddy Adu. Since its first game in 1996, MLS has flown largely under the radar of U.S. sports fans...
- MUCH ADU ABOUT FREDDY AH: Teen soccer icon not ready to grow up just yet.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) March 22, 2005 700+ words
Byline: ANDREW MILLER Freddy Adu isn't ready to grow up...teenager. But when you're Freddy Adu, the biggest name in American...two months of the season Adu became a force in D.C. United's attack. "I think Freddy understood about halfway...
- No hay cupo para Adu.(Freddy Adu, futbolista)(selección estadounidense de...
- Magazine article from: Semana Mojica, Carlos M. February 19, 2006 700+ words
...convocados del llamado nio prodigio del ftbol estadounidense: Freddy Adu. Sin embargo, y para tomar como ejemplo, la prensa norteamericana...desconociendo las virtudes del muchacho. Slo sostengo que todava Adu no est listo para estar en una seleccin nacional de mayores...
- ADU ONE FREDDY.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 2, 2006 700+ words
...ESSIEN last night urged Freddy Adu: Snub Manchester United...Essien has no doubts where Adu's football education will...for club and country. "Freddy is a really good young player...who has more to learn." Adu, who emigrated from Ghana...
- Freddy Adu keeps the buzz going.
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star May 14, 2004 700+ words
...s newest and youngest star, Freddy Adu. "Hey, Freddy," the fellow screams, his hands...Hicks says. These random acts of Freddy are barely blips nowadays. Life...Mischa Barton asking to speak with Adu is part of the deal. The two girls...
- Freddy Adu keeps the buzz going.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Thompson, Wright May 14, 2004 700+ words
...s newest and youngest star, Freddy Adu. "Hey, Freddy," the fellow screams, his hands...Hicks says. These random acts of Freddy are barely blips nowadays. Life...Mischa Barton asking to speak with Adu is part of the deal. The two girls...
- Finally, there's much Adu about Freddy.
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) July 10, 2007 700+ words
...party for former wunderkind Freddy Adu. The play of Adu, the...goal against South Korea. Adu's second goal against...level. "We all knew that Freddy was a talented kid, and...Service, 202-383-6099): FREDDY ADU For reprints, email tmsreprints...
- Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: John Smallwood / Finally,...
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) July 9, 2007 700+ words
...party for former wunderkind Freddy Adu. The play of Adu, the...goal against South Korea. Adu's second goal against...level. "We all knew that Freddy was a talented kid, and...at the highest level." Adu, Altidore (New York Red...
Source: HighBeam Research, Adu-lation: At 14, Freddy Adu will be U.S. soccer's No. 1 star.
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