14 Year old plays in first Professional Soccer Game

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ViciouS

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Freddy Adu is playing in his first Professional Soccer game right now. It?s on abc right now, history in the making. Here is a Link with some info. He also makes 500,000 Bucks a year.
 
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Imdmn04

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Seems that physically he just couldnt compete, everytime he touched the ball, the bigger defenders just used their size advantage to take the ball away.
 
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If he's playing in the pros at 14, he's going to seriously kick ass by the time he comes of age/size like the rest of them! :Q
 
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ViciouS

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Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Seems that physically he just couldnt compete, everytime he touched the ball, the bigger defenders just used their size advantage to take the ball away.
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Look how small he is. Imagine how nervous you would be at 14 playing with a bunch of professionals that are 20-30 years old. I think he did awesome and competed very well.
 

Originally posted by: ViciouS
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Seems that physically he just couldnt compete, everytime he touched the ball, the bigger defenders just used their size advantage to take the ball away.
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Look how small he is. Imagine how nervous you would be at 14 playing with a bunch of professionals that are 20-30 years old. I think he did awesome and competed very well.
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Skillwise, he is there. Give him 6-10 years to build his body up, and we are looking at a VERY VERY good player.
 
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abracadabra1

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there are a bunch of naysayers with regard to Adu's age because of supposed poor documentation in Ghana. Regardless, he's going to be a soccer icon in the years to come.
 
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He doesn't look retarded to me -- he just looks way older than 14. I heard him talk -- he sounds well spoken and intelligent.

I always wondered what would happen if somebody decided to pull a scam and go back to high school and claimed he was younger than he really was. And he tried out for the football team and stuff...
 
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Size is not everything in soccer, but trial by fire will be good for him.
 
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Xionide

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Originally posted by: StormRider
He doesn't look retarded to me -- he just looks way older than 14. I heard him talk -- he sounds well spoken and intelligent.

I always wondered what would happen if somebody decided to pull a scam and go back to high school and claimed he was younger than he really was. And he tried out for the football team and stuff...
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Im not saying he is retarded I am saying he looks like it in that picture
 
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ViciouS

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His body looks 14 his face looks 30. I really think he is 14 there is no real reason to lie. It would be to easy to uncover and cause a negative reaction against the sport.

He is like an offensive weapon or something. Well that?s what I got from watching how they used him. They set him up for single coverage like all these other pro's didnt stand a chance of covering him 1 on 1.

I?m American....(never watched much soccer), this is more exciting than when the US did well in the world cup a bunch of years ago. This kid could definitely draw American fans in, I mean really, and not like they tried with that Bechum (sp?) dude.
 
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
Originally posted by: ViciouS
Originally posted by: Imdmn04 Seems that physically he just couldnt compete, everytime he touched the ball, the bigger defenders just used their size advantage to take the ball away.
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Look how small he is. Imagine how nervous you would be at 14 playing with a bunch of professionals that are 20-30 years old. I think he did awesome and competed very well.
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Skillwise, he is there. Give him 6-10 years to build his body up, and we are looking at a VERY VERY good player.
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I think by the time he's big enough, his body will be worn down. Ever see what happens to those gymnasts by the time they're 25?
 
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ViciouS

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Originally posted by: GermyBoy
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I think by the time he's big enough, his body will be worn down. Ever see what happens to those gymnasts by the time they're 25?[/quote]

Thats gymnasts! ever see what happens to Soccer kids who play thier whole life? They get legs like horses and can kick the stipes off a zebra.

 
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