The only way one can describe Freddy Adu is as a journeyman. Which should make him in his 40s or in the Indian Super League. But, no, he’s still only a mind boggling 26 years of age. Which tells you something about his age when he burst on the national scene. He was only 14 years when he signed that DC United contract. By then he was already considered the next Pele.
Well, the news is he’s joined the NASL’s Tampa Bay Rowdies, his 13th club in his 12 year professional career which has seen him travel from the MLS, Portugal, France, Greece, Turkey, back to the MLS as a Philadelphia Union player, Brazil, Serbia, and finally Finland. He will be reunited with his old coach Thomas Rongen, his U20 mentor who saw a kid with immense potential. The one who scored a hat trick against Poland.
So what went wrong? This article gives you some clues.