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
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.
hang until weekend
I still hang out with my friends on the weekend until 12:30 or 1 in the morning.
next player pride sitting swallow team understand week
I got player of the week that week, and the next week I'm sitting on the bench, ... And I'm just like, 'What is going on here?' It's one of those things where you don't understand what's going on, but you've got to swallow your pride and be a team player.
best calls couple field guess home lose next performance week
Unfortunately a couple of calls didn't go our way and we lose again. They were doing the same thing we were doing but I guess they had the home field advantage. I don't know what else to say. It is frustrating, week in week out you play well one week and the next you don't get the best performance that you can get.
ahead becomes best decision next player sitting tempting voted week
I'm voted player of the week one week and the next I'm sitting on the bench. It becomes very tempting to look ahead and I'm doing that right now. I have to make the best decision for myself.
gotten great guess half played second settled slow start three wish
We wish we would have gotten the three points, but it was slow start from us. I guess there were a lot of nerves. We settled down in the second half and played our game. It was a great comeback.
against blast cup final gonna holding picks playing team
I see myself in a World Cup final for the U.S.A., playing against a top-notch team everyone picks to winand we just come out and blast them. One day when Im holding that trophy, someones gonna take a picture. Oh, man. That is going to be huge.
finally longest moment soccer time waiting
I've been waiting for this moment for the longest time and it's finally here, ... I just want to get out there and play and have fun. After all, when I'm on the soccer field, that's when I'm at my happiest.
finally time waiting
I've been waiting for it for a long time and it finally comes. I was very excited.
ahead best guys league love saying situation
I've been in this league for two years, and it's been the same, ... I love the guys on this team. I don't want to leave. ... I'm not saying that I'm going to leave, but I always have to look ahead and see what the best situation is.
bring bruce hard improving last might prove shot work
Bruce said he's going to be monitoring my every move. I've just got to work hard and keep improving and bring that to D.C. United. If I do that, Bruce is watching, and he might give me that last shot to go in and prove something.
fear goals impress played playing trying
Before, I played with fear because there was a lot of pressure, and, being as young as I was, it got to me a little bit, ... Now I'm getting game-winning goals for D.C. (United) and assists and just playing very well. I'm (no longer) trying to impress anybody. I just do my thing.
needed top
didn't want me that deep. He said he needed me up top to get some offense.
mom watch
That's the kind of thing that's told to me a lot, ... My mom advises me on that all the time, so I've got to watch out for it.