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Chase Adams returned to Naperville Central three days before Thanksgiving, but he wasn’t there to attend classes.

Chase Adams, a 17-year-old who would be a senior this year, plays professionally for the Columbus Crew 2 in MLS Next Pro. He tries to make it back to campus as often as possible and was in town after playing forward for the U.S. team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Doha, Qatar.

“I’m not going to be able to make prom, sadly, but I was able to make homecoming (for the dance) and be able to be back and experience at least somewhat of a senior life,” he said. “Obviously, it’s different because I’m traveling over to Doha in the middle of it.

“But I try to maintain friends and have that life of a senior as much as I can, try to make frie

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