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Article: DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY NOT QUITE A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, 14-YEAR-OLD FREDDY ADU CARRIES THE WEIGHT OF U.S. SOCCER.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2004
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Byline: Jim Benton, Rocky Mountain News
Freddy Adu will walk through high school graduation ceremonies Friday morning in Bradenton, Fla.
But that's only a warm-up for the 14-year-old Wonder Boy.
Saturday, he will play for D.C. United against the Colorado Rapids in a Major League Soccer game at Invesco Field at Mile High. Rapids officials expect about 25,000 fans for the 7 p.m. match.
Though most teenagers his age are trying to figure out which high school electives to take, Adu is graduating from Edison Academic Center in 2 1/2 years.
"I was done with all my exams at school before I joined D.C.," Adu said Tuesday during a ...