Freddy Adu just finished up a two week, maybe less trial with manchester united and impressed a lot of people.
Although his size and lack of physical play are probably what ultimately kept him from playing in the Premiership league, Freddy Adu made a great impression for up and coming soccer stars from the US.
Although there have been more and more players making the jump from the MLS to the European leagues, America needs a big name player, one with a lot of publicity, to spark nation wide interest in the sport and in European soccer.
Soccer fans in America are more of a cult following than a large majority of the people. There’s not enough scoring in the game and it’s hard to juice a soccer ball. Whay America needs is a star on the world stage to show that soccer can be exciting.
Freddy Adu, playing in any European league, could do that. Although many are worried that him leaving the states to go play across the Atlantic would take away from the MLS and ultimately be it’s demise (one player isn’t going to make this happen) Freddy’s moving to Europe could be just what the MLS needs.
People need to know it’s out there, get passionate about the players and then the MLS will build momentum as a real league in America.
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