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American Prodigy: Becoming Great
English - November 12, 2020 08:15 - 2 minutesSoccer 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
When Nike signed thirteen-year-old Freddy Adu to a million dollar contract, they thought he could be bigger than Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and LeBron James. As it turned out, however, Freddy never lived up to the hype. Soccer journalist Grant Wahl investigates the impossible expectations that were placed on the teenager, and discusses with Freddy just how much of the blame lies on the media, MLS, and Freddy himself.
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When Nike signed thirteen-year-old Freddy Adu to a million dollar contract, they thought he could be bigger than Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and LeBron James. As it turned out, however, Freddy never lived up to the hype. Soccer journalist Grant Wahl investigates the impossible expectations that were placed on the teenager, and discusses with Freddy just how much of the blame lies on the media, MLS, and Freddy himself.
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