SOURCE: IMG

 

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 23, 2008) -

WHO:    International soccer star Freddy Adu
        President of AS Monaco, Jerome de Bontin

WHAT:   Adu, currently training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the United
        States Olympic Training Facility in Palo Alto, California, will
        discuss his move on loan to Monaco in France's Ligue 1 at a press
        conference.

WHEN:   Thursday, July 24, 2008
        12:00 p.m. PT

WHERE:  Dinah's Garden Hotel
        (Grand Ballroom)
        4261 El Camino Real
        Palo Alto, California 94306
        (650) 493-2844


PRESS:  Conference call dial-in details:
        1-800-335-2500 or 1-212-381-2970

        International dial-in:
        Toll-Free access number: 0805110276
        Toll access number: 0359814159

        Adu will be available for onsite print, radio and broadcast
        interviews following press conference.

ABOUT FREDDY ADU:

Adu is currently a striker for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. He joined the team in 2007. He previously played for Major League Soccer's (MLS) Real Salt Lake. In 2003, at the age of 14, Adu signed a four-year contract with MLS's D.C. United. In his first season with D.C. United, Adu scored five goals and recorded three assists as he helped his team win the MLS Cup. He was twice named to the MLS All-Star Team.

Adu recently helped lead the United States to a 3-0 victory over Canada. He scored on direct kicks in the 27th and 48th minutes of play, helping to secure the U.S. team's ticket to the Beijing Olympics this summer.

Born in Ghana, West Africa in 1989, Adu began playing soccer at the age of six. His family immigrated to Potomac, Maryland when Adu was eight years old.