The Goalmouth: Weekend Reading Edition
Ives Galarcep interviewed the one and only Freddy Adu and the result is an exceptional piece in which Adu takes the blame for not being as dedicated as he should’ve been through the first dozen stops of his career. [GOAL]
Sticking with prodigies who lost their way, Tim Vickery details the journey of Chelsea signing Pato, who happens to be the same age as Adu (26). These two will get along nicely when they are inevitably teammates in China. [BLEACHER REPORT]
Get ready for the Copa America Centenario by reading about the chaos and bad blood of the first Copa America: [THESE FOOTBALL TIMES]
This is a great interview with Moya Dodd on her fight to reform FIFA and increase women’s standing within the organization: [HUFFINGTON POST]
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Dr. Strangelove in real life: when you have to ban your players from arguing with each other, relegation is probably inevitable. [THE MIRROR]
Ranking the top 25 U.S. men’s team players is a quick way to realize why the team didn’t do so great in 2015. [ESPNFC]
When you need a break from reading words: the week in unfortunate GIFs (that Mertesacker challenge was definitely a red card, btw). [HOWLER]
And finally, I guess Jermain Defoe never hired a new personal assistant after all. [INSTAGRAM]
Goalmouth Top Tip: Nemanja Vidic has announced his retirement. This means he can now be anywhere at anytime. Beware.
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