Alex Freeman's Father Won a Super Bowl and Watched His Son Pick Soccer Instead
The Green Bay Packers legend, a Super Bowl champion who once caught an 81-yard touchdown on the biggest night American sports has to offer, pictured weekends spent teaching the boy to read coverages, shoot a three-pointer, sell a pump fake. What he got instead was a kid who wanted to be outside with a ball at his feet, every day, all day, until the dream stopped being the father’s and became entirely the son’s.That son, Alex Freeman, is now the youngest player on the United States roster at a home World Cup. He is a starting-caliber right back who left Major League Soccer for Spain’s Villarreal, and he got there not by following the path his famous father laid out, but by quietly refusing it.
- ▪The Green Bay Packers legend, a Super Bowl champion who once caught an 81-yard touchdown on the biggest night American sports has to offer, pictured weekends spent teaching the boy to read coverages, shoot a three-pointer, sell a pump fake.
- ▪What he got instead was a kid who wanted to be outside with a ball at his feet, every day, all day, until the dream stopped being the father’s and became entirely the son’s.That son, Alex Freeman, is now the youngest player on the United St
- ▪He is a starting-caliber right back who left Major League Soccer for Spain’s Villarreal, and he got there not by following the path his famous father laid out, but by quietly refusing it.
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| Original publisher | Yahoo Sports |
| Canonical URL | https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/alex-freemans-father-won-super-232902719.html |
| Publication time | Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:29:02 +0000 |
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