Freddy Adu

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The hype surrounding this young punk has been withering. He basically hijacked an entire league(MLS) and now that his team DC United is out of the playoffs people are finally beginning to reconsider what all the fuss was about. I for one am sick and tired of the media hyping very young black boy athletes and this was the case with Adu who is now we are told is 16. Not that I ever believed his age but hyping young black kids reinforces the idea that white men are being emasculated(castrated) by the media. Adu had the nerve to start whining about playing time--to the point where his coach basically told him to stuff it. Good for the coach. It is time to give sports back to men. Not cry baby little punks that the media coddled to the point of no return.
 
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Freddy Adu represents everything wrong about the MLS experiment. The MLS could have --- should have</span> -- marketed itself as an alternative to the "other" major sports leagues by showcasing local home-grown talent, sportsmanship, and a quality product.



Instead, we have a 14.....errrr, 16 (if you even believe that) year-old
Ghanaian (by way of suburban Washington, D.C.) who is promoted as the
face of the league. Brilliant move. An overhyped African
import is the best they have to offer. And the rest of the league
is lousy with Central Americans and Afro-Caribbeans. The MLS
marketed itself to non-Whites, and now NOBODY attends their matches.



This is why people stay away in droves. Every big city in America
has a few hundred thousand White kids playing soccer. If those
kids were given the opportunity to play in a decent pro league, the fan
support would increase to a respectable level.
 
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I have to disagree about tthe attendence numbers. They don't do
any worse than most teams in most nations. They are only poor in
comparison to the US major sports. One would have to consider how long
those sports have been established . The kids that grew up playing
soccer are still a bit young to form a strong fan base. I think, given
time they will be OK as a 4th or 5th choice pro sport.
 

Iron

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Its a shame Soccer isnt bigger in the US as its a sport that Whites excel at.Around the world,soccer stars are the biggest and highest profile athletes in terms of endorsements in Asia and Europe and even Africa,literally all of them White with a few mullato Brazilians thrown in.Its a sport that relies on strengh,stamina,speed,tactical awareness and teamwork.This sport could offer a real alternative in the coming years if it continues to grow.
 

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In fairness to freddy adu, I will say I think you guys shouldnt be so hard on him. (1 he's just a kid, and (2 I've seen him in interviews and he seems like a pretty respectable fellow. He isnt some ebonics spewing criminal thug like the types that are so prevalent in the NBA and NFL, and at least he seems genuinely humble about having the oppurtunity to play professional soccer in america at such a young age. I actually wish more black atheletes were like him
 
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We aren't slamming Adu but, rather, the manner in which MLS chooses to promote its product.

MLS is a tragic comedy of errors. A team in Mexico? Look for the MLS to blow away in a few years, and good riddance.
 

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Two Washington Post sportswriters, after the DC United coach benched Adu, immediately wrote pieces demanding the firing of the coach. Their demand was not even slightly sugar-coated: He should be fired for benching a black player. The nerve of the guy! One went so far as to say " Adu is the only player that DC United fans go to see." Well, the writer wasn't speaking for me, and I bet the majority of DC United fans.


Freddy's been a bust, but that's soccer. I would have been most pleased if Adu had turned out to be a world-class soccer success story. But I didn't expect him to be, and indeed he is not. His indiscipline and rebelliousness have negated above-average talent and skills. Pele he ain't.


The political cry to lynch the coach for rewarding the young man's poor performance is the crime.


Hey, Howdy Southern Knight! Great posts about soccer. You are absolutely, perfectly correct. If the MLS were filled with graduates from white suburban communities, it would be twenty-five times more popular than it is.Edited by: Realgeorge
 
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A prime example:

The Atlanta papers still occassionally write about the professional comings-and-goings of 2 local products: Josh Wolff and Clint Mathis. These guys gew up in the 'burbs and haven't been in Atlanta in years, but still there is a local interest in knowing where they are, who they're playing for, and how they're doing. I'm sure every other city is the same way.

The bottom line is that American parents spend a lot of time and effort in having their kids play soccer, and that interest would continue if the MLS was committed to employing home-grown players. (Yes, I said EMPLOYING -- the league's tight salary cap and centralized structure means that the league controls the distribution of talent among the various teams).
 

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Freddie Adu is just a kid.


The drop out rate of kids his age in terms of making it as top level players is about 90%.


what kind of attendances does the MLS get?
 

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I was just scanning past post's out of interest and I came across this Freddy Adu post. I remember he was even big news over here in the UK a few years back cuz Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal were interested in him. Through American media hype I thought the guy was like some super special talent (a young Pele). Last summer I went to Seattle to visit friends and we went to see DC United v Real Madrid. My main interest in the game was to watch English players Beckham and Jonathon Woodgate of Real Madrid but also had my eye on Freddy Adu. He was the worst player on the pitch in that game. Every time he got the ball he didn't even think about passing, all he did everytime was watch the ball (not knowing what was going on around him) and just run into a Real player and lose the ball straight away. The guy has very little talent (no natural skills) and I know he's still young but he aint going to be no superstar and certainly won't cut it over here in Europe. A clear example of Americas extreme pro black sports media. The best bit was when Woodgate flattened Adu whilst winning the ball off him which made me jump up and shout 'GET IN THERE WOODY' all the mexicans turned and looked at me as if said 'cheap labour rules'. O and I was very impressed with the goaly Perkins and midfielder Ben Olsen.
 
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Yeah, it's too bad about Adu. I really think that for soccer to really
suceed in the US, we need a great American player. A guy who stars in
Europe, and is a very good player on a good team, not just role players,
like most of the Americans there now. I guess I'd rather have him be
white, since most people who play it in the States are, but a young black
kid would probably do it just as well, if not more because of all the extra
hype he'd get, which this time would be a good thing. The problem is, is
that he's just not that good. When he was first being talked about, my
impression was that he was the best player at his age in the world. But
in last years champions league play, I watched Barcalona play, who had a
kid about the same age as Adu, named Lio Messi. But unlike Adu, he was
playing for what was the best team in the world, and whenever he was on,
he was one of the best players on the pitch. I don't know what the future
holds for Adu. I really do want to see him suceed, for US soccer's sake,
but I'm really not very optimistic.
 
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