Chances are you don't remember Fuad Ibrahim at all. And if you do remember him, it's because he's the answer to the trivia question "Other than Freddy Adu, who's the youngest player ever drafted in MLS?"
Like Adu, Ibrahim's career hasn't exactly gone to plan. After starring for the US U-17s, he bombed out of MLS in three years and just 26 games, and has been toiling in the lower divisions of the US soccer pyramid ever since. This past season he played five times for Minnesota in the NASL.
Now 21, Ibrahim has taken advantage of his dual-nationality status to use his one-time switch and will play (permanently — once you switch you can't go back) for Ethiopia in the African Cup of Nations.
Credit to SoccerAmerica.com for being all over this one.
