Meeting the Wunderkid, kinda

I'm a sports dork. I say that in a kind of proud way. Or in a way that my girlfriend nor anyone at UR understands. I say this because what I'm about to write maybe 3 people will understand or take pride in. I know this is a total abuse of power, but follow. So I saw Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu on a plane from DC to Newark. I visited my girlfriend who is saving the world by means of immigration reform and I was sitting by my gate when I see a kid who looks like Adu (it turns out said kid is Adu). Now here is why this is relevant -- to me and five other people.

Adu was tabbed to be the savior of soccer in America. He is supposedly only 18 years old (born in 1989). I say supposedly b/c he was born in Tema, Ghama, so he could be 37 or something. His face did look kinda like mine when I was 18, if I was from Ghana and was worth millions, so I go along with the assertion that he just became old enough to buy porn. He's "famous" because at the age of 14 he became the youngest American ahtlete in the past century to sign a major league pro contract in any team sport. He has totally flamed out of MLS, he was playing in soccer "hotbed" Salt Lake City most recently. I tried to think of famous Mormons who enjoy soccer, I came up with like none. Was Brigham Young into it? I assume he was just into marrying a lot of woman and little else, maybe he enjoys HBOs Big Love.

But I guess Salt Lake wasn't really into an 18 year old Ghanan/American wunderkid so they sold his rights to some team in Portugal. That's where Adu was going, I know this because I stalkishly stood behind him while he found his gate for some Lisbon flight. I wish I had a picture of me doing this. So anyone who reads and wonders how I come up with ideas for a top 10. This is actually how my mind works. I haven't stopped thinking about Adu since stepping off the plane. For anyone who read through this and is annoyed, reread it and insert "Lohan" wherever you see "Adu." It will make more sense.
--Kevin