ADU BTFTO

how can one once so promising athlete, who was suppposed to be the poster child for future globally successful american footballers, fall so goddamn low?

was he never as talented as americans hyped him to be or did he just become shit along the way?

>>77421873
>successful american footballers
Like poetry

>>77421849
>>77421859
No bully pls

>>77421873
he just looked GOAT at 14 because he matured and hit puberty a lot sooner than other players in his age group probably.

>>77421873
>fall so goddamn low?
because he's actually 39 years old

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>>77421901
This

He was our Pele! Mantorras 2.0

Pls Yurup buy american players and watch their league.

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>>77421943
>you now remember onyewu

Why do people never learn that you can't put pressure on young black men.

They spiral out of control if given any kind of fame, money or get called a future GOAT. Literally every black young prodigy in every sport fucks up if given this treatment.

>>77421955
That's not Onyewu

>>77421873
its basically another case of
>black kid hits puberty before everyone else
>when everyone else catches up he gets exposed
he also happened to be included in a media craze so that certainly didn't help

He was 22 playing with 16 year olds

>>77421859
DIRECTLY QUOTING the manager:
"Instead of building a team with some sense, we search for old vaccum cleaners"

If you read his story it is kinda sad. He had too much hype behind him and once he got thrown into the big time (way too soon then he should have), he fell apart and couldn't compete.

>>77421849
>>77421873
he played on my local MLS team, he was legit worse than people that had never played pro before.

Adu was overhyped and never developed past the age of 16, America was searching for a soccer star and picked him because he could play at a young age, the problem was he just never got better

now pulisic, thats OUR BOY

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>>77421955
>tfw Onyewu plays for MY team

>tfw hes unironically our best defender

he's actually consistently pretty decent, he just gets beaten for pace if they play long balls over the top or get him 1 on 1 with a pacelet.

Gooch is a cool guy though

i mean he played alright in our fourth division

>>77421873
When he was a "13 year old phenom" he was actually already 16. Easiest explanation.

>>77421991
Sure Lebron James is such a fuck up

>>77422437
>Finnish fourth division

I didn't know you guys had 4 divisions

>>77421849
>vast experience

The Original Pulisic

>>77421991
Like LeBron James amirite? He was corranated as the next GOAT when he was 16 and has basically lived up too those expectations, becoming the 2nd best basketball player of all time.

>>77422837
shut it

>>77421849
>Despite Adu's vast experience

in what? hasn't he just been riding the bench even in the 2nd division in turkey and greece?

>>77422020
>tfw you will never play with prime 16 year old JoJo

>>77422794
Seriously, how many people do you know, who stop growing at 13?

>>77421849
Knowing how black players are normally treated in Poland, Adu will probably wish he never came.

>>77421849
>America's greatest ever talent
>Sandecja Nowy Sacz reject
Interesting how many americans haven't killed themselves yet

>MUCH ADU ABOUT FREDDY
thank you very much

>>77425174
Pulisic is better than Dele Almeme

There is so many bad players in average teams in good leagues. I don't undertand how this guy can be soo bad to the point where he can't even play in a second tier MLS team.

>>77422794
that doesn't explain it though, he still should have improved
this only works if he was about 12 years older than he claimed and I think someone would have noticed that

>>77422837

We actually have six.

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in happier times

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>>77425136
Nobody minds black players here. Unlike western anti-white shitholes, Poland is not racist.

S A D
A
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>>77421873
he lied about his age

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>>77426330
>not this

>>77426724
>Americommercials

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>American """athletes"""

>>77422817
>>77423044
And LeBron is nowhere near being the GOAT, thanks for proving his point.

>>77425755
he actually was doing impressive things as late as 2011. He had a pretty impressive gold cup and looked troublesome against Mexico. That said, lower than expected ceiling + poor athleticism for his perferred positions + no interest in defending + high wage demands + subpar work ethic... recipe for disaster

>ITT: Pulisic' future

>>77421924
>le fake african age meme

>>77421955
Didn't this guy at one time play along side Thiago Silva at Milan?

>>77431251
>tf
>tp

>>77421955
But he was actually good until his knee got destroyed.

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>he's 28
>his career is already over

>>77421955

>Onyewu dealt with racism during his time in Belgium, even having been punched and shouted at by racist fans while playing for Standard Liège.[7] The most well-publicized incident occurred in the 2008–09 Championship playoff when Anderlecht defender Jelle Van Damme, according to Onyewu, allegedly repeatedly called him a "dirty ape,"[8] even after Onyewu relayed the information to the referees.[9] Van Damme denied the accusations following the match and in return said that Onyewu himself taunted him in a racist way by calling him "dirty Flemish."

why are euros such racist cunts

>>77422167
Does he browse /sp/? ARE YOU THE MANAGER?

>>77432340
I think "dirty Flemish" is the worse insult.

>>77422167
doesnt the manager get to choose his players/team?

>>77432340
>relayed the information to the referees
lol what a little bitch

>>77432340
just banter la'

>>77421849

is there a worse fall from grace in the history of sports ever? fuck, the history of anything?

i can't think of a person who once had so much and now has so little.

>>77421955
Reminder he actually played for AC Milan

>>77432425
>a person who once had so much
Adu never had anything other than hype, which was all forced anyway

as for your question: Ryan Leaf

>>77429958
I don't think so. Pulisic was trained in Europe and I think has more potential to actually make it in the sport. Adu probably wouldn't have stood out if he was on the books at Dortmund when he was 16.

>>77432425
Maurice Clarett is the Freddy Adu of Handegg

>>77432462

>Ryan Leaf

nah, being a hyped handegg player does not compare to being called "the next Pele". also ryan leaf just recently got his shit together and is a motivational speaker now

not even a close

>>77431173
>implying
niggers lie all the time for the u17 WC

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>>77421849

Happens to all "promising" American players.

>>77432476
>"the next Pele"
but that's all American media hype trying to push the sport here among young people. no real potential, and surely not one foreign club or media outlet paying any attention (otherwise he'd have been in some academy over there)

>you now remember Julian Green and Aron Johanson
fuck me lads we really do blow these kids up

>>77432495
>No Zelalem

>>77432495
>you now remember Brek Shea

>>77421849
American hyped him S the new black savior of soccer because American sports are controlled by (((them))) and they push blacks. Just the truth he was never as good as they said he was because if he was truly that good an English club MU or Liverpool would have scooped him up.
I'm still happy he's able to earn a living playing pro soccer he has a great life doesn't have to work a shit real job

>>77421991
Lebron James has been an amazing pro and role model. Your racism blinds you bro

Dude was 3 stars at the age of 15 in FIFA 2005

>>77431251
Beat the shit out of Zlatan at practice too

>>77421849
so the club officials want Adu while the manager doesn't?

is he rayciss or does he think that the higher-ups just want to hire Adu for PR reasons?

>implying Americans will suddenly start following an obscure Polish club which name they probably can't even pronounce just because a failed hyped-up in the past footballer of theirs plays there

>>77435397
>beat the shit out of
I headbutted him, and we flew at each other. We wanted to tear each other limb from limb. It was brutal. We were rolling around, punching and kneeing each other. We were crazy and furious — it was like life and death.”
Afterwards, the weirdest thing happened. Onyewu started praying to God with tears in his eyes, making the sign of the cross. This felt like a provocation, and I got more furious. I was stopped by my team-mates, and I suppose that was a good thing. It could have turned out nasty. All the time, I was thinking: ‘S***, my chest hurts,’ so we had it checked out. I’d broken a rib in the fight.”

>>77436228
Based

>>77421955
imagine being at the peak of your career, at ac milan and heading to the world cup, just for your knee to shatter into a trillion pieces during the last meaningless world cup qualifier.

october 13/14 2009 were some dark days.

top striker of the future utterly destroyed forever, and the top defender of the team destroyed forever. not so unironically usa was very strong except for those two positions. remember the random long ball gyan goal. the slovenia goal, and robbie findley?

>>77436690
lol he fucking sucked you drooling moron

>>77421922
>what is wrong with english scouting
you guys are still falling for the pacey black lad meme at least we'vemoved past it

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played literally two games for bahia and they let him go

>>77436804
Go bay my cum

>>77436928
explain this meme

>>77436939
Bahia's fans chant "Bora bahia minha porra" that translates literally to "Go bay my cum"

>>77421849
He was making good money in nice weather down in Tampa.

This entitled cunt has transferred every year since he was 18, no wonder he never got better.

>>77436982
no it doesn't, porra doesn't mean cum

>>77436228
>broke Zlatan's rib in a fight
Beat. The. Shit. Out. Of. Zlatan.

>>77431173
No he actually did make it up

>>77437019
yes, it can used as an expletive but the word is a slang for cum

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Does anybody have a game from back when he was "good" were they have played until 2017?
He probably have messi stats

just remembered that this guy played in greece kek

I guess people was right when they called him the next Pele. I doubt pele could play for a bottom pole team either.

>>77436767
nah he had an amazing 18 month period leading up to that knee injury, and was never the same again

>>77421849
if he's 28 I'm about to turn 90

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>>77437288
played is a bit of a strong word to use here

>if you play football with your buddies once a month you had more games in a year than freddy adu for most of his professional career

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>>77437288
>You now remember the Greek league getting Blacked by two of America's worst eery players to play abroad

>>77428029
Dumb Muslim

>>77437439
>the masters of MLS
>the punishers of Poland
>the grinders of Greece

>>77437019
>this dumb black nig telling the based delicias what "porra" means

andá la concha boludo

B-b-but look at this free kick just 2 years ago
https://youtu.be/YhrHS8EJ-GU

>>77438503

To be fair that is one of the greatest free kicks of all time.

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was this the kiss of death?

>>77437030
makes an adult man cry

>>77436767
good post

Damn, I really feel for Freddy.

Not sure how much of this he brought on himself, but seems like wherever he goes people just want to use him for publicity and never give him a chance. Feels bad man. They need to make a movie about him after his career fizzles out.

>>77441838
The Legend that never was?
How does that sound?

>>77436690
Fuck that was a bad week, Charlie Davies was supposed to be our star the following summer (look, he has some semblance of first touch and pace!) and of course he basically dies.

Robbie Findley should have had his citizenship revoked for how consistently bad he always was.

>>77432381
lol no, the sport director runs the transfer department. Managers can say "I want a strong attacker" "I need a centreback that can pass" or something, but managers don't have much say in transfers

>>77437411
>pic
looks like he did pretty well (by MLS standards) at DC United and trying for a career in Europe ruined him. shouldve stayed and had comfy MLS career

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His Mexican equivalent.

>>77421849
That seems way over the top.


Why is he such an asshole?

>>77439726
Pele debuto con un pibe

>>77421859
That's a good vacuum

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>>77426352
>Poland is not racist

>went and looked at Adu's twitter feed
you can read the sadness in his words

seems like a good guy, just wants somewhere stable to call home :/

>>77421859
That plant needs to be re-potted. The root is probably a ball and causing all sorts of problems.

>>77446826
Doesn't really sound like he has any good friends for whatever reason either. It's a symptom of signing a pro contract at fucking 13 I guess :(

>>77425210
If you're shite even with GO BAY MY CUM, you would be shite forever.

>>77446826
Think he could look for it in Africa?

>>77441774
Afraid of his own strength la

Bump for sadness

>>77447702
dude has never been able to sink his roots into a place and let them go, idc if your chadthundercock your going to be lonely if you have to move to a new country every year and most the countries you move to you dont speak the native language. I hope Adu can come back to the states soon, buy a home and just be a normie.