adu is just starting now to start for his club team? why should he make the national team? Bruce Arena is no Sven Goren-Erikson. anyways. he hasnt gotten enough time to develop his skills. thats the biggest strike against MLS, they are just not starting to learn how to develop young talent. Until now, that development was left to university coaches/teams. however, now with the better american talent leaving the US much sooner than before (see Lee Nguyen at PSV) the MLS is starting to have youth programs on some level. at the same time, because of the hype and payment that was given for Adu, although normal for european leagues, it was completely unheard of in american sports for someone of his age. because of this, those behind DC United wanted to get something for their money immediatly. rushing him onto the fireld before he was ready to compete with people 10 years older than him. after the firts bit of this he was sent to the bench to develop (see previous rant). nowadays he is starting and will get better, but he needs to move to a european team (which he wont do because he wants to stay close to his mother) if he really wants to become the player he can.
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