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
ball close family key role soon
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.
cleaner deal likely multiple partner
is an option, but not a likely option. It's cleaner to have a deal with one partner than with multiple partners.
bringing compete good players quality shows
I think it's actually a good thing. It shows that the U.S. is bringing up quality players who can compete in Europe,
becomes best decision fact family happens looking matter season tempting
It becomes very, very, very, very tempting to look ahead, and as a matter of fact I am doing that right now, ... I always have to make the best decision for myself first, and, you know, I'm just looking into things right now, so we'll see what happens at the end of this season and we'll see where my family and myself are headed.
confused relationship relationships
Our relationship is much better than it's ever been. We're communicating a lot, lot better. If I'm confused about something, I go right to him.
coach relationship resolved respect
Our relationship is fine. We've had our differences but, you know, we resolved them. I respect coach Novak and I know he'll get me where I want to get to.
beat decided decision far fine freddy played
Freddy was sometimes too deep, sometimes too far away. It's our decision to make, and we decided to go this way. ... We pretty much beat ourselves. We were fine, we played fine and then one mistake, two mistakes, we're right out again.
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I was very excited, I wasn't nervous. I just got out there and played my game. The guys have been awesome to me the last three weeks. I got out there and just tried to help the team out. We didn't pull out the win, but it's a good first step. We know where we stand now and are going to go back and work hard to try to get ready for Norway.
camp easier faster played tendencies took week
I was very excited, I just played my game. It's a lot faster at the international level. It took me a week in camp to get used to the pace. I know my teammates' tendencies now, so it will be easier to play with them.
daylight defender eye facing lifted saw sideways
I was facing sideways and I saw the defender out of the side of my eye and just lifted it over, ... I saw daylight and went right at them.
knows matured since
He knows me, so he'll probably know what I'm up to, but I've matured a lot since I went pro,
age diet diets-and-dieting trying
(Griffey) said when he was my age he was like my size. I'm trying to get on the diet he was on.
hang until weekend
I still hang out with my friends on the weekend until 12:30 or 1 in the morning.
absolutely ball bounce field game games greatest happens impact move player regroup scared somebody time
I think I could be an impact player this season, ... When I'm out on the field, I'm not scared of anyone. I'm just going to move the ball -- boom-boom , one-touch, two-touch -- and when the right time comes and I've got somebody one-on-one, I'll take him. But I'm not always going to have the greatest game of my life. There's going to be games when I absolutely suck. That happens to everybody. So it'll be up to me to regroup and try to find a way to bounce back.