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MLS fans know Fanendo Adi as a star striker for the Portland Timbers, a physically-imposing forward blessed with elite finishing ability.
He’s made it look easy in MLS, scoring 49 goals in 106 regular season appearances and helping the Timbers to their 2015 MLS Cup title, but Adi’s journey to the league was far from smooth.
Raised in a small Nigerian village three hours from the capital city Abuja, Adi had to tell a bit of a white lie to his family just to attend a tryout for a scout in Lagos.