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Ara—who ended the year with the third-most shots in the league—was taken as D.C. United’s second pick and the 24th overall after the club selected 14-year-old sensation Freddy Adu as the top pick overall...
After trading its second- and third-round selections in the 2005 draft to the Kansas City Wizards for their third-round selection in this year’s draft, United chose Ara. With its initial pick, the first one of the draft, United took 14-year old sensation Freddy Adu, who is now both the league’s youngest player and highest paid with a reported $500,000-a-year contract...
...will be entering a very interesting situation with United, where he is expected to fill in as more of a defensive midfielder. The addition of Adu will certainly give United and therefore Ara a lot more national and international attention than would initially have been expected...
While the coaches wish to protect Adu and allow him to develop his game at a relatively slow pace, fans and critics have already begun clamoring to see him play immediately in order to determine if he is truly capable of leading the United States to a World Cup title in 2006, as hoped by American soccer enthusiasts...
...Adu could not be reached for comment...