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Meet U.S. soccer's `Gretzky': Adu at age 13.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Michelle Kaufman
MIAMI _ Freddy Adu turned down a $750,000 contract from Inter Milan, appeared in Newsweek and Sports Illustrated, and is "potentially the best thing to ever happen to American soccer," D.C. United coach Ray Hudson says.
Adu is 13.
Yeah, yeah, you're thinking. You've heard about kid phenoms before. They rarely pan out. This one, coaches say, is different.
He already is training with the Under-17 U.S. national team _ the youngest player ever to do so _ and there are whispers he will join MLS before long, provided he can play for D.C. and continue going to school in Potomac, Md., where he skipped seventh grade because he takes his books as seriously as his dribble.
"I guess he'd have to pedal his bicycle to practice," Hudson said of Adu, who, as a 12-year-old high school varsity player, had 25 goals and 12 assists in 16 games.
Those who have seen him play _ including U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena _ say the left-footed native of Ghana has remarkable acceleration, ball control, tactical awareness and field vision.
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