#6 Freddy Adu
There is nothing more disappointing than watching the waste of a talent, and Freddy Adu has become the poster boy of that quote. It’s quite staggering given that he was the first pick of the MLS Superdraft at the age of 14, before even signing his first professional contract.
Freddy was the man who was supposed to take Americans into the top echelons of ‘soccer’. But when he made he made his professional debut at the age of 14, he naturally got shrugged off the ball a lot, which was understandable given his age. However, the same media which had hyped him up started dishing him for faking his age, and Freddy never delivered on his promise.
He had played 99 games in the top division of US by the time he was 16 and was invested upon by Benfica, where he never really made a mark either. He was loaned out to clubs in Greece, Portugal and Turkey before eventually making the journey across the ocean back to America.
He flattered to deceive once again, and eventually fell off the radar. Adu, 27 years old now, is currently without a club.
