Freddy Adu is speaking out against his reputation as a diver in the MLS following a 2-1 lose by his team, DC United to the New England Revolution.
Freddy Adu has been known to take dive here and there to try and draw the foul. And often times he’s successful. Being the great ball handler that he is, defense will often times get very physical with the 17 year old to try and stop him if he gets to far inside.
In this past Saturday’s game, Freddy Adu was frustrated when twice he wasn’t given the call after being obviously fouled inside the penalty area. He claims MLS officials deliberately avoid calling fouls for him because they are always looking for the dive from Adu.
The officials have a right to question some calls for Freddy after Adu got a yellow card for taking a dive in the box against Canada during his first game for the U.S. National team. Since this incident Freddy Adu has told his teammates that he is going to “try 125 percent never to go down beacuse [he] feels like unless it’s something real serious, the refs are never going to call a foul for [him].”
As DC United prepares for post season play we will see what the officals response to these acusations are.
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