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Aside from the fact that they’re both a) human beings, b) American international soccer players of African descent and c) from the greater Washington, D.C. area, there aren’t too many similarities between Freddy Adu and Oguchi Onyewu, saying nothing of the pair’s nearly one-foot height and seven-year age discrepancy.
Adu, as we all recall, entered MLS in 2004 with fanfare worthy of a Michael Bay special effects blockbuster and was supposed to set the league afire with his amazing skill and footwork — all at 14 years of age. Since his arrival the pint-sized midfielder has played for two MLS clubs, made a much ballyhooed transfer to Portuguese giants Benfica and now at 20 years old finds himself loaned out for the second time in three years.
Meanwhile the same year Adu attempted to burst onto the MLS scene, Onyewu quietly moved from French club Metz to Belgian power Standard Liege, where he blossomed into a hulking central defender with a pair of Jupiler League crowns under his belt. Most American fans probably didn’t even know of the alliterative defender’s existence until his famous stare-down of Mexican forward Jared Borgetti in the U.S.’s 2-0 win over El Tri in Columbus, Ohio, which booked a place in the 2006 World Cup.
Americans on Pine a Cause for Concern originally appeared on Soccer FanHouse on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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