Freddy Adu: That Smile
American Prodigy: Becoming Great
English - December 08, 2020 08:15 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBSoccer Sports Society & Culture Personal Journals grant wahl the nineties freddy adu dc united mls pele prodigy soccer sports us soccer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Freddy Adu had a million dollar smile. He flashed it on the field when he beat defenders twice his age. He showed it for the media when he gave interviews and posed for photographs. And he turned it on as D.C. United got hot down the stretch and made a push for the 2004 MLS Cup. But Grant Wahl noticed that as Freddy’s rookie season wore on, the 15-year-old's smile began to fade. Was the pressure that Freddy felt finally getting to him?