There are few U.S. soccer players who have held the spotlight quite like Freddy Adu did when he broke into MLS at age 14 in 2004 with D.C. United. Yet, for MLS Commissioner Don Garber, that hype and the journey that ensued are filled with regret.
Despite the buzz in Adu’s early teenage years, Adu never amounted to the superstardom many had projected for him. Instead, he played 133 MLS games between D.C. United, Real Salt Lake and the Philadelphia Union, as part of a journeyman career that saw him play for 15 clubs.
