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Was there a bigger bust than Gedion Zelalem for US soccer?

Posted on 7/16/23 at 2:09 pm
Posted by West Palm Tiger561
Palm Beach County
Member since Dec 2018
1535 posts
Posted on 7/16/23 at 2:09 pm
Made a senior team debut for Arsenal in a FA Cup match for arsenal at barely 17 years of age. 4 career Apps all in cup matches. Loan spells in Scotland, Netherlands and MLS, none of which were successful. Now, the poor soul is in 2nd division in the Netherlands.

Emerson Hyndman is up there, but had nowhere near the hype.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28470 posts
Posted on 7/16/23 at 2:26 pm to
Freddy Adu says hello.

Zelalem was derailed by a bunch of knee injuries, which is tough when you’re not very athletic to begin with.

Hyndman was derailed by injuries too and not finding a stable club situation. I was so hyped about him starting for Fulham in their first championship game of the season as an 18 year old.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125495 posts
Posted on 7/16/23 at 3:47 pm to
He was actually pretty decent for Rangers
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
43700 posts
Posted on 7/16/23 at 7:44 pm to
Who ????
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
4440 posts
Posted on 7/17/23 at 7:21 pm to
I remember Arsene Wenger saying Zelalem was the next Cesc Fabregas. Wish he was right
Posted by lsu31always
Team 31™
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 7/18/23 at 3:38 pm to
Our Lord and Savior Ben Lederman
Posted by OldmanBeasley
Charlotte
Member since Jun 2014
9736 posts
Posted on 7/19/23 at 7:49 am to
Juan Agudelo After he scored on his debut for the USMNT had a lot of hype that went nowhere.
This post was edited on 7/19/23 at 8:08 am
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