S1 Ep. 1: The Legend of Freddy Adu

American Prodigy: Becoming Great

Blue Wire

Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In the streets of Ghana, Freddy played with boys twice his age. In the D.C. suburbs, Freddy went from playing at recess to dominating travel tournaments all within a week. Just six months into his stay at the prestigious IMG Academy in Florida, Freddy was at the top of the class. He had teams in England, Italy, Spain and America salivating as they waited for him to turn pro. That was before he dominated the FIFA U-17 World Championship. Grant Wahl knew it was time for Freddy to sign, but where? American Prodigy listeners! We want to learn more about you! Please fill out this quick survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.3	It was January 2016.
0:51.5	I was reporting a story in Manchester, England and my friend Alecko Escandarian happened to be visiting there as well.
0:58.0	We met for dinner at the Lowry Hotel and Alecko started telling some wild stories about what it was like to play for DC United in 2004
1:09.2	amid the circus of Freddie Adieu's first season. I thought I knew the Freddie Adieu's first season.
1:12.7	I thought I knew the Freddie Adieu saga pretty well.
1:15.6	In the early 2000s, I had been all over the prodigy beat for Sports Illustrated.
1:20.9	In 2002, I wrote S.I's first cover story on a 17-year-old basketball player from Ohio, a
1:27.0	guy named LeBron James. A year later, I heard about a 13-year-old soccer player named Freddie Adieu, who was astonishing the people in the soccer community who had seen him play.
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