"Freddy is without doubt the most talented kid we've ever seen at his age," said Bruce Arena, the former
"Maybe this is the guy but we realise there is a lot ahead of him.
"Too often promising youth players are placed on a pedestal and that's a mistake."
But
"Everybody was laughing at me when I said two years ago we have a player who will be better than Adu,"
"But Josmer definitely has the better chances to play with the best teams in the world, like Real Madrid, AC Milan,
Adu is already the highest-paid player at DC United, earning a reported $550,000 (£291,000) per season.