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Part 1: The Legend of Freddy Adu
American Prodigy: Becoming Great
English - November 17, 2020 08:15 - 35 minutes - 32.5 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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In the streets of Ghana, Freddy played with boys twice his age. In the D.C. suburbs, Freddy went from playing at recess to dominating travel tournaments all within a week. Just six months into his stay at the U.S. Under-17 residency program in Florida, Freddy was at the top of the class. He had teams in England, Italy, Spain and the U.S. salivating as they waited for him to turn pro. That was before he dominated the FIFA Under-17 World Championship. Grant Wahl, who'd covered LeBron and Freddy in their teens, knew it was time for Freddy to sign, but where?