Why is King Freddy Adu not on this team?

Catalyst · Post by **Catalyst** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:51 pm

http://fifa.com/en/comp/U17/U17Squad/0, ... SA,00.html

USA (USA) U-17 Team

Coach: HACKWORTH John (USA)

1 RUECKNER Bryant - PSG California, USA

2 IGWE Amaechi - Santa Clara Sporting, USA

3 ALSTON Kevin - Potomac Cougars, USA

4 ALTIDORE Josmer - Boca Juniors (USA), USA

5 SARKODIE Ofori - Chicago Magic, USA

6 KIRK Quavas - Chicago Magic, USA

7 GONZALEZ Omar - Dallas Texans, USA

8 NAKAZAWA Kyle - ISC Strikers, USA

9 ZIMMERMAN Preston - Crossfire Premier, USA

10 ARVIZU David - Pateadores, USA

11 SOROKA Ryan - Delco, USA

12 FARFAN Gabe - La Jolla Nomads, USA

13 WAGNER Blake - HC United, USA

14 SUBOTIC Neven - Manatee Magic, USA

15 KELLY Dan - Tennessee Futbol Club, USA

16 BESAGNO Nik - Real Salt Lake, USA

17 HALL Jeremy - HC United, USA

18 RESTREPO Diego - Team Boca, USA

19 FARFAN Mike - La Jolla Nomads, USA

20 PERK Brian - Pateadores, USA

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Is it because he has participated in at least one FIFA age group tourney before this (Finland 03 and Holland 05)?

kofi86 · Post by **kofi86** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:56 pm

he plays for the senior team or maybe u20.

oops didnt see your last sentence

bushboy · Post by **bushboy** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:26 pm

Isnt he 18 now?

kofi86 · Post by **kofi86** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:28 pm

no, Birthdate June 2, 1989
he is just to good for u17. the same reason why rooney does not play u21

maceo4 · Post by **maceo4** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:44 pm

Ur not serious, wasn't he the reason USA did not advance in the U-21 WC???? Dude was useless and needs to go back to U-19/U-17!!!

kofi86 wrote:no, Birthdate June 2, 1989
he is just to good for u17. the same reason why rooney does not play u21

kofi86 · Post by **kofi86** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:12 am

he was involved in every goal the usa made, i would not call that useless.

Catalyst · Post by **Catalyst** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:19 am

Where are my fellow Adu Shriners? Represent!

Hopefully he will be Germany to do his thing. Peru is a small fish.

Adu4life!

Holla!

brigadoon · Post by **brigadoon** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:14 am

Who be this Igwe Amaechi kid? USA just dey thief all our boys.

Fourteen · Post by **Fourteen** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:59 am

brigadoon wrote:Who be this Igwe Amaechi kid? USA just dey thief all our boys.

O boy I tire o! see non-anglophone names as dem boku inside the us team

somebody · Post by **somebody** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:24 am

The #, Ofori appears to be a Ghananian name.

Catalyst · Post by **Catalyst** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:46 am

somebody wrote:The #, Ofori appears to be a Ghananian name.

Can easily pass for a Nigerian last or first name as well (foastal area of Delta State or Rivers). But you may be right about it being Ghanaian.

What do you know - in 10-15 years majority of the USA national team will be second or third generation "African" Americans. Mister Dolly's first son has already pledged his allegiance to the red, white and blue.

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:14 am

kofi86 wrote:no, Birthdate June 2, 1989
he is just to good for u17. the same reason why rooney does not play u21

Agree that is why Adu is not on this team. It doesn't help his development to 'drop down' to U-17 level after playing U-20. The same applies to Argentina's 17 year star in the making Sergio Aguero, who was a reserve on their U-20 World Cup champions but did not play on Argentina's U-17 team which surprisingly failed to make it to Peru.

Say didn't someone post an article on Amaechi Igwe several months back? I seem to recall his entire family, including his older sister, are active players in the US and their father once was a top player in Nigeria.

Jimi · Post by **Jimi** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:21 am

Adu is too old to play age grade football..simple.

Sankofa007 · Post by **Sankofa007** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:46 pm

Ofori Sarkodie, both name are Ghanaian names.

1naija · Post by **1naija** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:58 pm

Fegwu wrote:Why is King Freddy Adu not on this team?

Because the U23 tournament is not until next year.

mate · Post by **mate** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:33 pm

Freddy has better things to do, like honing his craft in preparation for the senior US National Team.

Some of you here slang American football, but you will see in 5 - 10 years when we challenge for the WC. The MLS is getting better and better all the time, selecting from a seriously large and gifted talent pool.

Last week I went to see UC Berkely play Cal State North Ridge. I couldn't believe how the American college game has improved. Both teams consistently held the ball in the back and the midfield for 10 passes or so. There was horizontal and backward passing, which contrasts sharply to the run and kick British style game that characterized college football in the 80s.

Even better is the level of club and high school football. Many of the best kids are directly going into Project 40, playing for 1 of 3 professional leagues: MLS, A-League, or USISL. Let's not mention that every city has a semi-professional league.

Consider also that the US has black, white, hispanic, asian, arab players. Couple this with state of the art fitness and training and typical American sports discipline and fighting spirit and you have the makings of a powerhouse.

Freddy Adu will do fine. There are many more who will stand beside him as Team USA starts to challenge the world.

You will all see.

Cheers, Mate

original skeepolah · Post by **original skeepolah** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:11 pm

Fegwu wrote:Where are my fellow Adu Shriners? Represent!

Hopefully he will be Germany to do his thing. Peru is a small fish.

Adu4life!

Holla!

He is still a bit tender for the seniors....After 2006....If he indeed shows up, he should come in as a replacement, only when the game is not too tough to handle.......

green4life · Post by **green4life** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:52 pm

Freddie has already played U-17, Olympics, and 2 U-20 WC's... now he's picked up 1 or 2 national team caps... and you expect him to go back down to U-17?? na wao?

maceo4 · Post by **maceo4** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:56 pm

He picked up 1 or 2 senior caps??? When was this??? Wow i wasn't aware! This is sad b/c he is not even fit to start for DC United, how could he make the US Senior team???

green4life wrote:Freddie has already played U-17, Olympics, and 2 U-20 WC's... now he's picked up 1 or 2 national team caps... and you expect him to go back down to U-17?? na wao?

original skeepolah · Post by **original skeepolah** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:58 pm

[quote="maceo4"]He picked up 1 or 2 senior caps??? When was this??? Wow i wasn't aware! This is sad b/c he is not even fit to start for DC United, how could he make the US Senior team???

This is what i am saying....At this rate he will be retired at age 26...Let him grow and prove himself.. All this push, push,push.........

airwolex · Post by **airwolex** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:12 am

original skeepolah wrote:
maceo4 wrote:He picked up 1 or 2 senior caps??? When was this??? Wow i wasn't aware! This is sad b/c he is not even fit to start for DC United, how could he make the US Senior team???

This is what i am saying....At this rate he will be retired at age 26...Let him grow and prove himself.. All this push, push,push.........

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Why is King Freddy Adu not on this team?

Why is King Freddy Adu not on this team?

Ghanaian name

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