After reading articles on him, hearing how he is the "Lebron James of soccer, but alot younger" i want to see a game of his. ESPN2 showed high school games of James, they should show some of Adu. There is a tournament in March, how bout ESPN2 jump on that and air a game.
YEAH!! Gotta agree with JMMUSA, could be a great idea that could really stir up some hype on the youth of soccer today in America, also I know that about 10,000 members of BIGSOCCER.COM would watch it
i do not think the u-17's qualifying tournament is on television... check the youth team forums for latest updates: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=255
yeah, I just got back from a sports bar and was watching ESPN and they had a quick feature on Adu with the caption "The Lebron of Soccer?" It only lasted for about a minute and the sound was muted so I couldnt hear what the 2 guys were saying.. Coming from the mainstream sports media, I was anxious to hear their take on it... I am sure when I wake up tommorrow there will be threads dedicated to it, so I guess I'll find out soon.
yea, on PTI they talked about him and how he's an amazing kid with lots of talent and how he went to academies. In the next topic, which was about most popular athletes, Chris noted that in 5-10 years Adu will be in the top 10 of that list.
The finals will be on TV in the USA on at least a Spanish language station. I saw an ad for it but unfortunately I did not note the station at the moment and we get all the Spanish networks here. It was a preview ad of their soccer coverage for 2003. We'll know well in advance, though. I doubt we'll see any qualifiers, sadly. Just hope we qualify (we should) and then we can all see Freddy and crew.
maybe? I think if we get all the members of BigSoccer to come together and each write ESPN a letter to show an Adu game, maybe they'll show it? if there's 10,000 members it here it's like a 10,000 viewer quarantee for ESPN. that's more than World STrongest Man, That Hunter show, The Outdoor sportsman, Cheerleading....well, maybe not Cheerleading, but most other crap that they show on ESPN.
Re: maybe? Show me one shred of proof that you know that those daytime shows for ESPN don't receive at least 10,000 viewers. Please refrain from assumptions such as this, because we all know you really have no idea what you are talking about.
on PTI, they also went to say in a few years that Adu would be one of the top 8 favorite athletes. Is it just me, or is soccer finally gaining some respect from the ignorant "american sports" fans...
Why you hating man? Uptight piece of ************!!! did you tie the knots with ESPN or something? go on with your sad life watching those crappy daytime ESPN shows, like I give a ************. People like me posting a comical note or the sake of fun and soccer, and dumb asses like you reply with stupidity, you got better things to do? Try to lighten up man. You really think ESPN will show something that the nation could care less about? not only that but to show a U17 game and 95% of American's has no idea why? just chill man and have some fun, not everything must come to a confrontation.
This Adu legend is getting to be too intriguing. Does anyone have, or know how to get, a schedule of U-17 games? If there are any Bradenton fixtures I'll make the drive from Miami to see this guy myself. Any info is appreciated.
read where a guy said, "To the US Freddy Adu is the Lebron James of soccer, but to the world Lebron James is the Freddy Adu of basketball."
Question?!? All this hype has me really intrested in one thing, has MLS signed freddy Adu to a contract?
I think you meant Michael. There is no Chris on PTI. Anyway. I think that there are at least 10,000 restaurants/bars out there that will have their TV's tuned into ESPN throughout the day time. I don't think MLS can sign Freddy until he's older. Does anyone know if there is any rule out there saying how old a person has to be to sign with an MLS team?
there is no rule. The difficulty would be in PR for the league. It's likely he will spend another year in residency and sign with MLS for next season, after he graduates from high school, around his 15th birthday. There is an outside chance he could play in some MLS games this year, between qualifyiing and the U17 worlds. There is some interest in that but that is a very remote possibility. The U17s play the Metrostars as part of the latter's spring training. Not sure off the top of my head where and when in Florida the Metros will be. That may be this coming week.
Re: Re: Adu Game I don't think there are any league rules. But last time I checked there were child labor laws in this country. I didn't think that a 13 year old could legally work in the U.S. Please someone prove me wrong.
Re: Re: Re: Adu Game 13 year olds (and younger kids) work all the time in the entertainment industry. Of course, the companies they work for have to follow pretty strict rules -- the children must be getting an education (usually they're tutored); they can only work so many hours a week; and so forth. I would expect that at 13, MLS would have to go through some hoops to sign Adu, but it should certainly be doable. The question is, is he ready to play at the MLS level?
Gersman makes a good point. For PR reasons, I think it's important for Freddy to have his high school diploma before playing in MLS.
an idea for a commercial: Have a bunch of footage of adu scoring pretty goals while a narreartor calls him things like the next LD and the LBJ of soccer. have them play it a lot and people will watch
And whats wrong with the "Worlds Strongest Man" competition? I just hopes this Adu kid stays in the U.S. and plays here. I dont like to hype kids especially this young, but could the U.S. finally have its superstar soccer player