TheBlueBalla
Starting XI
maybe as a career youth playerbigp said:
-
This is a reminder of 3 IMPORTANT RULES:
1- External self-promotion websites or apps are NOT allowed here, like Discord/Twitter/Patreon/etc.
2- Do NOT post in other languages. English-only.
3- Crack/Warez/Piracy talk is NOT allowed.
Breaking any of the above rules will result in your messages being deleted and you will be banned upon repetition.
Please, stop by this thread SoccerGaming Forum Rules And Guidelines and make sure you read and understand our policies.
Thank you!
Freddy Adu "definitely" going overseas
- Thread starter Psyatika
- Start date
BolsoDecano1899
Youth Team
this kid is probably the most overrated player in football right now, from the few games i seen him play he was average at best.
Jedi Mind Trick
Starting XI
oh ok.
PaPaGeorGeo
Fan Favourite
juventusita said:
Well how many people go get education in different countries and then move back home, or get educated in their home country then move overseas for a job
LuckyStrike
Youth Team
PaPaGeorGeo said:
Well if you want to get technical about it, those people moved to another country and paid for their education out of their own pocket. Therefore they are under no obligation to stick around when they graduate. Freddy did not have to pay, in fact he and his family were very well taken care of.
Jedi Mind Trick
Starting XI
is it that big of a deal if he wants to play for ghana? who really cares.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
Carlos*daw21 said:He should pull off a "W.E.B Dubois"and play for his home country
W.E.B. DuBois was not an immigrant to the United States.
PaPaGeorGeo said:
That's also a poor comparison since Adu was an immigrant who won some sort of immigration lottery from Ghana. And he came over when he was like 8 years old, not for education, but to become a citizen. To us he's an American and has been given every benefit that comes along with being the future of American soccer (including outrageous salary and endorsements for a 15 year old).
ShiftyPowers said:
you're pulling a strawman sir. I was not inferring if dubois was an immigrant or not. What i suggested was that this adu kid uses the U.S youth soccer system and renounces his citizenship or whatever and goes back to his home country, Ghana and play for them. Likewise, W.E.B Dubois used the U.S education system and renounced his citizenship to go back to his 'ancestral' homeland Liberia or whatever.
If you couldn't see the comparision i was implying, then you sir ARE A RETARD.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
He went to Ghana oddly enough. And it's not like he used the American education system, he taught and wrote books in America for decades. He clearly gave back a lot more than he took. Plus he went to freakin Harvard on a scholarship. If he wasn't a genius in America, he would have been a genius somewhere else Alvaro.
EDIT: OH! And good for Adu going overseas to hone his game. I'm glad that not everyone is following Donovan's sissy boy example and staying in the MLS.
EDIT: OH! And good for Adu going overseas to hone his game. I'm glad that not everyone is following Donovan's sissy boy example and staying in the MLS.
Yeah, it's good to see that he has some ambition. Hopefully once he gets to Europe, he stays there even though he probably won't get time from most teams. Donovan could have been so much better than he is. Hopefully Dempsey will go the Euro route soon, he really impressed a lot this World Cup.
American teenage sensation Freddy Adu has hinted he may play his international football for Ghana instead of USA.
The DC United midfielder is still eligible to play for both countries, despite appearing for United States against Canada in a friendly in January.
However, as the match was not sanctioned by Fifa, he has still yet to officially make his international debut and therefore could choose to play for Ghana instead of USA.
Speaking after The Black Stars' win over USA on Thursday, Adu admitted he was supporting both nations during the game as he has aspirations to be taking part in the 2010 finals for one of the two countries.
I really honestly didn't lean one way. I was born and raised in Ghana, I moved here and am an American citizen," Adu told ESPN's Pardon the Interruption.
"I had said in several interviews that I was gonna play for USA but I haven't got the chance to do that yet so when you really think about it, I can't go against either team.
"Hopefully in 2010 I will be on the World Cup team, I don't know if it will be for the US or Ghana because I haven't got a chance to play for either team.
"I love Ghana and I love the United States and I'm torn right down the middle so we'll see and hopefully in the near future I get a chance to play for either the US or Ghana and hopefully I make the right decision."
Adu was pencilled in by USA coach Bruce Arena as an outside possibility to go to the World Cup finals after participating in a training camp with the entire squad earlier this year.
After seeing Arena's men first-hand, the 17-year-old admits he was surprised at their failure to reach the second round, but believes Ghana's progress will give a huge boost to his native land.
"I went to camp with the team for a couple of weeks and this team was good, I actually thought the US team was going to be one of the fittest teams at the tournament, the guys were fit and ready to go," he continued.
"I was really surprised that we didn't get a better outcome but like I said, I was born and raised in Ghana so I'm glad that Ghana are going through.
"I don't know if I can put it into words how important it is [to the people of Ghana].
"It's so important on so many levels, for the whole country. Thursday was pretty much a national holiday in Ghana. The whole country was watching and it seems we weren't just doing it for Ghana, we were doing it for the whole of Africa."
Meanwhile, Adu has confirmed he could leave the United States to join a club abroad as soon as the end of the current MLS season.
The DC United midfielder is still eligible to play for both countries, despite appearing for United States against Canada in a friendly in January.
However, as the match was not sanctioned by Fifa, he has still yet to officially make his international debut and therefore could choose to play for Ghana instead of USA.
Speaking after The Black Stars' win over USA on Thursday, Adu admitted he was supporting both nations during the game as he has aspirations to be taking part in the 2010 finals for one of the two countries.
I really honestly didn't lean one way. I was born and raised in Ghana, I moved here and am an American citizen," Adu told ESPN's Pardon the Interruption.
"I had said in several interviews that I was gonna play for USA but I haven't got the chance to do that yet so when you really think about it, I can't go against either team.
"Hopefully in 2010 I will be on the World Cup team, I don't know if it will be for the US or Ghana because I haven't got a chance to play for either team.
"I love Ghana and I love the United States and I'm torn right down the middle so we'll see and hopefully in the near future I get a chance to play for either the US or Ghana and hopefully I make the right decision."
Adu was pencilled in by USA coach Bruce Arena as an outside possibility to go to the World Cup finals after participating in a training camp with the entire squad earlier this year.
After seeing Arena's men first-hand, the 17-year-old admits he was surprised at their failure to reach the second round, but believes Ghana's progress will give a huge boost to his native land.
"I went to camp with the team for a couple of weeks and this team was good, I actually thought the US team was going to be one of the fittest teams at the tournament, the guys were fit and ready to go," he continued.
"I was really surprised that we didn't get a better outcome but like I said, I was born and raised in Ghana so I'm glad that Ghana are going through.
"I don't know if I can put it into words how important it is [to the people of Ghana].
"It's so important on so many levels, for the whole country. Thursday was pretty much a national holiday in Ghana. The whole country was watching and it seems we weren't just doing it for Ghana, we were doing it for the whole of Africa."
Meanwhile, Adu has confirmed he could leave the United States to join a club abroad as soon as the end of the current MLS season.
:funny: