At 14, the wonderkid became the highest paid player in MLS and youngest-ever USMNT player. His career was ultimately defined by hype and disappointment<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2007, Freddy Adu had reached a crossroads.<\/p>\n
He was on his way back from the 2007 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Canada, at which he\u2019d played the best football of his career \u2013 a career now almost four years old, despite the fact he\u2019d turned 18 just a month earlier, and one comprised first of immeasurable hype and latterly of disappointment.<\/p>\n
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