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Well I believe he is fourteen. I watched his MLS debut(he already did his professional debut) and he did good. Nothing to write home about. He got out there and had some good touches coming in as a sub. I am sure he will score some goals and get some starts before the season is up.
I saw some talk about playing for US over Ghana. Well he became a US citizen and never played for Ghana there for he plays for the US in international play on a couple of the younger national teams. I am sure he will get some caps with the main team in a year or so. He did not play a game for the US until he was a citizen. He trained with the team though.
Basically it really was the best choice for him to play MLS now and get the money instead of playing college. He got offers to play in Europe but he would be playing on youth teams or reserves teams until he was around 18 which would not do him any good. Plus he gets to stay close to him by playing in DC.
I expect when he is around 17 or 18 if he is interested MLS will let him transfer to Europe for a big transfer fee. I know that they will want to keep him but they will not hold him back either if he really wants to go.
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