We can't get enough examinations of Freddy Adu's career; The U-17s move closer to clinching a spot at the World Cup; More on Julian Green's thing in Hamburg; A U-20 defender impresses in England.
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Jesse Yomtov
Posted
March 06, 2015
8:21 AM
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Former U-20 coach Thomas Rongen on Freddy Adu: “He was probably better than [Bradley and Altidore]. He was coachable. He was a good kid. He had a great sense of humor. He was driven at that time to succeed in the right ways.”
But then he moved to Portugal... “I don’t think he had an understanding to know what it was like in the locker room at the next level with the older guys and to live up to earning that kind of money,” Rongen said. “It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and players aren’t necessarily very nice when a guy who hasn’t kicked a ball walks in and is earning more than the other guy in the locker room.”
The U-17s beat Guatemala 4-1 behind a first-half hat trick from Josh Perez. Pierre da Silva also scored for the U.S., which can clinch a spot at this summer’s World Cup with a win Sunday against host Honduras.
Die Zeit reports Julian Green was only demoted to Hamburg’s second team after he refused a move to second-division 1860 Munich.
“Cameron Carter-Vickers stood head and shoulders above, as a defensive player he was outstanding,“ said Tottenham's youth coach after Spurs beat Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup.
Carter-Vickers probably the best player on the pitch though. Never come away anything less than hugely impressed watching him, colossal here
Sporting Kansas City is indeed trying to add Rafael van der Vaart this summer. “If we can get that done, we'd like to get it done,” CEO Robb Heineman said. “He'd be a July move – maybe earlier. I don't know if Hamburg would let him out early. There's a lot of things to work out with him.”
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