What the hell?!
Adu Headed to Real Salt Lake
By Steven Goff
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 11, 2006; 5:31 PM
Freddy Adu's three-year stay with D.C. United is over, but not because of a move to a European club.
Adu, who joined United in 2004 at age 14, has been traded along with veteran goalkeeper Nick Rimando to Real Salt Lake for a major player allocation from MLS, reserve goalie Jay Nolly and future considerations.
Freddy Adu is traded along with veteran goalkeeper Nick Rimando to Real Salt Lake for a major player allocation from MLS, reserve goalie Jay Nolly and future considerations.
Freddy Adu is traded along with veteran goalkeeper Nick Rimando to Real Salt Lake for a major player allocation from MLS, reserve goalie Jay Nolly and future considerations.
Adu recently returned from a two-week training session with Manchester United and hopes to sign with a team in Europe sometime after his 18th birthday in June.
He has been a work in progress since signing a four-year contract with MLS, showing flashes of brilliance but also exhibiting growing pains in a professional setting. In addition, his relationship with Coach Peter Nowak has been strained at times as he grew frustrated with playing time in 2005 and with his role on the field the past two years.
In his three seasons, Adu has 11 goals and 17 assists in 87 regular season appearances.
Rimando spent five seasons with United, but was relegated to a reserve role following the emergence of Troy Perkins this season. Nolly has been in the league for two years, appearing in seven games and making six starts.
United is expected to use the player allocation to acquire a Brazilian or Argentine attacking player. Nowak and United technical director Dave Kasper recently visited those two countries on a scouting mission.