Comments on: Saying Adieu to Freddy Adu http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/16/saying-adieu-to-freddy-adu/ A blog for sports agents: Discussing sports business news, Sports Law, and other interesting sports related material Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/16/saying-adieu-to-freddy-adu/comment-page-1/#comment-43484 chris Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:28:05 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=646#comment-43484 The Europeans rate him pretty highly. MLS pundits called him a bust or overrated, but I think it speaks volumes that basically a little more than month from the time he was eligible to move to Europe (UEFA requires teams to only sign/play non-EU nationals over 18 years of age) that he was signed by a team and immediately appeared for them in the Champions League. The Europeans rate him pretty highly. MLS pundits called him a bust or overrated, but I think it speaks volumes that basically a little more than month from the time he was eligible to move to Europe (UEFA requires teams to only sign/play non-EU nationals over 18 years of age) that he was signed by a team and immediately appeared for them in the Champions League.

]]> By: Samyr Laine http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/16/saying-adieu-to-freddy-adu/comment-page-1/#comment-43478 Samyr Laine Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=646#comment-43478 That is all very true. It did seem like much of his time with DCU was accompanied by battles over playing time and position. And I also think that by the time he's 20-21 he'll be ready for another 'upgrade' in league. That is all very true. It did seem like much of his time with DCU was accompanied by battles over playing time and position. And I also think that by the time he’s 20-21 he’ll be ready for another ‘upgrade’ in league.

]]> By: chris http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/16/saying-adieu-to-freddy-adu/comment-page-1/#comment-43472 chris Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:57:15 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=646#comment-43472 Freddy struggled in MLS, I think DCU and the RSL played him out of position a good bit. We'll see what they do with him in Portugal. I figure he'll be in Portugal until he's about 20-21 and will be then bought by a Spanish or Italian club. Americans want to see goals, we need/want to see quantitative stats to prove who is good and who is not. In soccer, if you're not scoring you're nobody. Freddy wasn't put in an agressive attacking position in MLS, he played largely on the wing in the midfield... Freddy struggled in MLS, I think DCU and the RSL played him out of position a good bit. We’ll see what they do with him in Portugal. I figure he’ll be in Portugal until he’s about 20-21 and will be then bought by a Spanish or Italian club.

Americans want to see goals, we need/want to see quantitative stats to prove who is good and who is not. In soccer, if you’re not scoring you’re nobody. Freddy wasn’t put in an agressive attacking position in MLS, he played largely on the wing in the midfield…

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