# Okay, then, how good is Freddy Adu?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-good-is-freddy-adu/183295>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 20, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-good-is-freddy-adu/183295 "2003-06-20T22:09:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-good-is-freddy-adu/183295/1 "2003-06-20T22:09:15Z")

</div>

Or however his last name is spelled… I appreciate all the input on my Beckham question, and would like to know the opinions of the board about the -ahem- 12-year-old phenomenon.

hrh

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-good-is-freddy-adu/183295/2 "2003-06-20T22:16:18Z")

</div>

He turned 14 a couple of weeks ago.

He’s good. MLS coaches say he’s good enough for the MLS. He may be the best (and youngest) player on the U.S. U-17 team. He has a real chance to make the next World Cup squad. He’s being pursued by ManU. One of the big Italian teams (I forget which) offered him a million dollars a year or so ago.

And, by all accounts, he seems to have his head on straight.