Rossi - American born player on Italy U-19

[Red Card]

I don't recall seeing the name of Giuseppe Rossi on BS. He is American born but plays for Italia U-19 and he was just signed by the ManU youth program. Now of course there is zero chance that he will play for the USA, but I wonder if he was even on the USA radar. I wonder how many others like him are out there.

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fbl_eng_pr_ita_manutd&prov=afp&type=lgns

[russ]

There was a YA thread on him I think....

And the U-19 cap does not rule out his playing for a Nats senior side does it?Was he in a sanctioned tournament?Or does that even matter now?

[Stogey23]

Rossi is still eligible to represent the USA at the senior level.

[Treetaliano]

Rossi is still eligible to represent the USA at the senior level.
he has stated he has no desire to.

screw him.

[dfb547490]

Italy 2004:USA 2004::USA 1992:Germany, Holland, England, etc. 1992

[voros]

There was a YA thread on him I think....

And the U-19 cap does not rule out his playing for a Nats senior side does it?Was he in a sanctioned tournament?Or does that even matter now?
That doesn't even matter now.

With the healthy contingent of Americans at Man Utd, it's possible he could strike up a friendship with one of them (like Spector) and decide to switch back.

[fidlerre]

he has stated he has no desire to.

screw him.
ding, ding. this man is correct, as always...

[russ]

he has stated he has no desire to.

screw him.

Oh well,it's his life.He's so sure he can make the Azzuri then?

Kids,they're so cute....

[IMOX77]

http://www.figc.it/english/primo_piano_02/primo_piano_02.htm
Goalkeepers: Curci (Roma), Galetti (Torino), Viviano (Brescia);
Defenders: Battaglia (Torino), Canini (Atalanta), Coda (Empoli), Dellafiore (Inter), Masiello (Juventus), Nossa (Inter), Teoldi (Milan);
Midfielders: Agnelli (Verona), Bentivoglio (Juventus), Carotti (Parma), Esposito (Napoli), Galloppa (Roma), Montolivo (Atalanta), Nocerino (Avellino);
Forwards: Alberti (Brescia), Bongiovanni (Torino), Meggiorini (Inter), Sorrentino (Avellino), Volpato (Padova).

Well he might have played a game for the u-19's but he is not part of the upcoming UEFA u-19 finals

[Tigerpunk]

http://www.figc.it/english/primo_piano_02/primo_piano_02.htm


Well he might have played a game for the u-19's but he is not part of the upcoming UEFA u-19 finals

He's graduated from that team.

Unless he bombs (always a possibility of course), from what I've read is that he will play for a national team of his choosing. ManU signed him for first team action, not as an addition to the youth squad. Probably the Azurri, but who knows. At right back, he'd be good competition and probably a decent improvement over Simek and Valentin, but Dolo and Russell might hold the position till 2010 anyway. At striker, he won't replace Adu....is he better than Casey or any of our other youth (EJ, Esky, Weah, Gaven if he plays at fwd?)? I don't really know enough. He's gotta be good for it to be news that he signed with ManU. But Gaven's pretty darn good too.

[IMOX77]

He's graduated from that team.

Unless he bombs (always a possibility of course), from what I've read is that he will play for a national team of his choosing. ManU signed him for first team action, not as an addition to the youth squad. Probably the Azurri, but who knows. At right back, he'd be good competition and probably a decent improvement over Simek and Valentin, but Dolo and Russell might hold the position till 2010 anyway. At striker, he won't replace Adu....is he better than Casey or any of our other youth (EJ, Esky, Weah, Gaven if he plays at fwd?)? I don't really know enough. He's gotta be good for it to be news that he signed with ManU. But Gaven's pretty darn good too.
When did he graduate from this team? He was part of the under 17 last year. When did he make this jump? And if he made this jump he would have been part of the new u-21 team, but as far as i know he has not been called into any of those camps. Man Utd are probabley going to send him out on loan i don't think they plan on having play for the first team this year.

http://www.figc.it/versione_inglese/archivio_notizie_2004/archivio_marzo_2004/170304_under_17/main_notizia_primo_piano.htm
March 23 of this year he was part of the u-17 team that played a friendly in Turkey.
Goalkeepers: Consigli (Atalanta), Russo (Genoa);
Defenders: Belmonte (Bari), Freddi (Roma), Giacomini (Roma), Rinaldi (Atalanta), Semenzato (Inter), Grillo (Roma);
Midfielders: Ranieri (Brescia), Savi (Parma), Paonessa (Bologna), Restio (Lecce), Piazza (Milan), Rosi (Roma);
Forwards: Cerci (Roma), Giovinco (Juventus), Lupoli (Parma), Rossi (Parma).
Do you know this? or you just making this up

[Tigerpunk]

When did he graduate from this team? He was part of the under 17 last year. When did he make this jump? And if he made this jump he would have been part of the new u-21 team, but as far as i know he has not been called into any of those camps. Man Utd are probabley going to send him out on loan i don't think they plan on having play for the first team this year.

http://www.figc.it/versione_inglese/archivio_notizie_2004/archivio_marzo_2004/170304_under_17/main_notizia_primo_piano.htm
March 23 of this year he was part of the u-17 team that played a friendly in Turkey.

Do you know this? or you just making this up

He's graduated from the Youth team entirely, I believe. Unlike America, once a youth has signed a professional contract in most European countries, he does not bother playing for the youth teams, which Europe tends not to care that much about. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Octavius Agustus]

he has stated he has no desire to.

screw him.


I hope he gets a torn ACL!


Oh what the hell, I hope he tears TWO ACL's!!! :D

[halfnelson31]

yea ******** him if he trys to pull somthin like that south american who chose to wait for an italy call that never came and is now playin in copa america. ******** him if he dosent want to play with ud if he cant make it with italy and we r not in dire need of players us shoud tell him to ******** off

[Fire-Chop]

He's graduated from the Youth team entirely, I believe. Unlike America, once a youth has signed a professional contract in most European countries, he does not bother playing for the youth teams, which Europe tends not to care that much about. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.


I can't tell you that you are wrong, but Huth played for Germany at the U-20's when under contract at Chelsea. Got into first team matches soon after.

[OldFanatic]

he has stated he has no desire to.
When was this? Is this recent, after today's move to ManUtd? Do you have a link?

[sanariot]

Yves Galarcep wrote a little piece on him about 3 weeks ago:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NTQzNDI5

Also, there's a thread about him on the metrofanatic (http://www.metrofanatic.com/mf/index.jsp) boards.

[GIO17]

I hope he gets a torn ACL!


Oh what the hell, I hope he tears TWO ACL's!!! :D

And while we are at it. Breaks both ankles, both legs and goes blind in both eyes.

[IMOX77]

How about he stays healthy and in a future world cup final with us going up against Italy Tim Howard makes a penalty save off Rossi during Golden Goal time then Adu scores the game winner right after.

[OldFanatic]

Yves Galarcep wrote a little piece on him about 3 weeks ago:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NTQzNDI5

Also, there's a thread about him on the metrofanatic (http://www.metrofanatic.com/mf/index.jsp) boards.That article nowhere states that he has no desire to play for the US. I've yet to see a link which says the same. Why so much hatred towards him? For all we know, the jury's still out on whether or not he may be a future US senior international. (Unless Treetaliano knows something for which he can't post a link.)