On this day in 2006, Adu makes his debut

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At 16 years and 234 days, Freddy Adu became US’s youngest-ever player when he came on for E. Johnson in the  81st minute.

Adu would make 17 senior caps for the national team, scoring twice.

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Scorers: none

USA: 24-Matt Reis; 6-Heath Pearce, 12-Jimmy Conrad, 23-Eddie Pope (Capt.), 2-Frankie Hejduk (17-Chris Klein, 46′); 14-Ben Olsen (5-Kerry Zavagnin, 46′), 10-Landon Donovan, 8-Clint Dempsey; 16-Josh Wolff (7-Chris Rolfe, 73′), 11-Brian Ching, 20-Taylor Twellman (9-Eddie Johnson, 56′ ; 15-Freddy Adu, 81′)

Subs not used: 22-Kevin Hartman; 3-Todd Dunivant

Head Coach: Bruce Arena

CAN: 1-Greg Sutton, 2-Adam Braz, 3-Ante Jazic, 4-Gabriel Gervais, 5-Marco Reda, 8-Adrian Serioux (17-Stephen Ademolu, 84); 5-Marco Reda, 10-Sandro Grande (7-Will Johnson, 70), 11-Patrick Bernier, 13-Atiba Hutchinson; 9-Rob Friend, 14-Dwayne De Rosario (Capt.)

Subs not used: 6-Patrick Leduc, 12-Nevio Pizzolitto, 15-Chris Pozniak, 16-Adrian Hainault, 22-Kevin Stamatopoulos

Referee: Benito Archundia (MEX)

Cards: Freddy Adu [Y 85′] — Patrice Bernier [Y 90′]

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