After he burst onto the scene at age 13—prompting a certain magazine to refer to him as "America's soccer prodigy"—Freddy Adu's career has been confusing, winding and, above all, disappointing.
That's putting it lightly. Really, really lightly.
Adu has played for 13 teams without really finding a home at any of them, and he's been without a club since playing for the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2014. While he was once thought of as a sure bet to play in multiple World Cups, Adu played in zero and hasn't suited up for the U.