Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu
Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Aduis an American soccer player who plays for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League. Adu plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he is also used as a winger or forward...
NationalityGhanaian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth2 June 1989
CountryGhana
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It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play and you're over there sitting on the bench.
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It's hard to find minutes on the field, ... It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there. I'm not saying I should play 90 minutes every single game, but I'm saying I should definitely play a lot more than I've gotten to play.
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It's been a great experience. You come in here hoping to get better as time goes on and that's exactly what I'm doing. The better you get the more looks you're going to get from the coach.
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It will be a dream come true. I have been waiting for that. It is something that when I was doing interviews a couple years ago I said that was one of my goals is make this World Cup Team, not the 2010 World Cup Team, so if I am able to do that that would mean a lot to me and my family.
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Yes. MLS has a chance. I want to play professional ball as soon as possible, and I want to be close to my family too. So that could play a key role in my decision.
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Whenever you get the chance to represent your country in a World Cup, it's a great honor. It's a chance to show the world what you've got. I'm looking forward to it. I do wish, though, that I would be able to stay here and play with D.C. a little bit more, because this is an important stretch for us right now.
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We knew we were due to just explode and have a lot of goals in one of these games sometime soon. It's a really good feeling.
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The contract is for six years. We'll see after that. It has always been a dream of mine to play in the British Premier League for a team like Manchester United.
air month spots
The most important thing for me is to play really well for D.C. the first month of April. That's it right there. I think some spots are up in the air right now for the World Cup, so you never know.
contribute point
Now I'm up to the point where there's no more excuses, pretty much. I've got to go out there and contribute every time. Definitely, I want to play more this year.
arena bruce coach
Coach Bruce Arena said he's going to be monitoring my every move.
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(Coach) Bruce Arena has said in numerous interviews that he's not going to call somebody up that doesn't play frequently,
bad glad good happened happens life ready
I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood.
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I saw him up there, I couldn't stop laughing! I couldn't believe he did that.