Adu, Adu, Adu

As I mentioned yesterday, US soccer blogs around the internet are full of stories on the Freddy Adu trade. Columnists are already chiming in too.

Andrea Canales mentions that the ball got rolling a few weeks when Freddy ran into his old coach Ellinger :

About three weeks ago, Adu and his agent ran into Ellinger at a soccer event. There, Adu clued his former coach in to his readiness to make a move.

"We started to maneuver and tried to figure out if we could make it work," said Steve Pastorino, Real Salt Lake's general manager.

Ives Galarcep hasn't had a column printed on the subject yet but had this to say on his blog :

What's my take on this trade? It is an absolutely horrendous deal by Real Salt Lake, whose front office folks have dunce cap imprints from all the bad deals they have made.

Pseudo Corner Kick believes it's a good move for both RSL and DC United.

Are You Loyal? already has pictures of Adu arriving at SLC last night.

Dan Loney, over at Big Soccer's blogs, apparently hasn't seen these photos yet and light heartedly wondering if this is some sort of Ghanian version of a Nigerian email scam.

Screaming Eagles Podcast, the official blog of the DC United's supporters group the Screaming Eagles, has a nice synopsis of what a few others have to say.

And just in case you forgot the deal was just about Freddy, MLS Fangirl is going miss Nick Rimando.

My Soccer Blog reminds us that Freddy's likely to miss part of the MLS season with the U-20 World Cup being played this summer. Surely DC United had that in mind as they try to build a team that can win it all next year.

The Far Post points out that DC United needs someone who can play outside midfield and that Adu's salary was too much in the MLS for what Freddy's able to produce.