Ben Gotz recaps Lights FC’s 1-1 draw with Sacramento Republic FC, including Freddy Adu’s debut.
The Lights FC is turning to Freddy Adu for a spark. The Lights are starting Adu on Saturday against Sacramento. The team wants more offense and believes he can provide it. The Lights are last in the USL in passing accuracy. Now I think that this is the hour for Freddy. … It’s a good moment for Freddy to start. The offensive performance, I think that (he has) many qualities to (help it).
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz goes over the Las Vegas Lights 4-2 loss to D.C. United and Freddy Adu’s debut.
Former U.S. soccer prodigy Freddy Adu will likely make his Lights FC debut Saturday. The team plans to play Adu against his former team, D.C. United. I want to look at Freddy in the stadium, with the fans, with another important team (playing us). Adu was taken in the 2004 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by D.C. when he was 14-years-old. The attacking midfielder has played for 14 teams in eight countries since then. Now Adu is with the Lights to try to keep his career afloat.
Former American soccer prodigy and U.S. national team member Freddy Adu joined the Las Vegas Lights FC practice for a try-out Tuesday. Adu just took a year off from soccer. In 2016, he played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Adu is most notably known for being the youngest American to sign a major league professional contract. He made his debut for the U.S. senior national team at 16-years-old. *quote*