Thread 149419198

So what happened? From the "future of international soccer" to being a bench player in the Finnish League in the space of a decade. Was the official story that the pressure got to him true or do you believe the theory that his parents lied about his age?

>>149419198 (OP)
He was definitely older that they said he was.

>>149419198 (OP)
Probably, it's easy to look like some huge talent in the academy when you're actually five years older than everyone else there

>>149419198 (OP)
>potential age frauding
>MLS, especially at the time had dogshit quality players
Lot less impressive to score a lot vs child shitters when you're an adult

>>149419198 (OP)
said he was 14
was actually 24
unfort

feel bad for him desu

Bruh I remember reading about this guy in March magazine

>>149419198 (OP)
He was the great American hope. The first seemingly talented American player was always destined to get a LOT of attention and hype. That has two downsides: first of all, it makes a player look much better than he actually is. And it also can easily make a player too cocky and distract him
Many, many players were credited with amazing talent and didn't become great or even good players as adults
I suppose he was simply overhyped in general and then got too cocky on top of his development stalling in general