All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

He had a hand in both of the USA goals as they lost 4–2. Benfica
On July 28 2007 Adu opted out of playing for Real in their regular-season match and later that day boarded a plane to Portugal to negotiate with Benfica. D.

United in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. Notably he has not yet played for an English Premier League club; a league in which many in the United States had tipped him to star.