No Italians on Fire [Archive]

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GoHawks4

28 Jul 2002, 02:14 AM

Are there any, because I can't really think of an Italian-American player on the Fire. MLS always talks about trying to tap into the ethnic make-up of a city, but we have no Italian players.

BerwynBlazers

28 Jul 2002, 02:19 AM

Zach Thornton is as Italian as they will come in MLS.

GoHawks4

28 Jul 2002, 02:21 AM

LMAO! I mean DC has Quaranta, and they just got Gazza to capitalise on the large English population in DC...

HalaMadrid

28 Jul 2002, 02:39 AM

Yeah. We need a Mexican player, a Chinese player, and an Irish player, cause there's so many of them around. We'd do well to get some Pakistani and Vietnamese too. Oooh, and a Hungarian. Maybe a Haitian and a Dominican too? Lots of Canadians nearby need to tap into that ethnic market too.

(For the incredibly dense, the above was a joke. Ethnic marketing trough roster decisions doesn't work. Period.)

GoFireGo

28 Jul 2002, 02:40 AM

Originally posted by BerwynBlazers
Zach Thornton is as Italian as they will come in MLS.

spot on!

HalaMadrid

28 Jul 2002, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by GoHawks4
LMAO! I mean DC has Quaranta, and they just got Gazza to capitalise on the large English population in DC... What does Quaranta have to do with anything? And they haven't signed Gazza yet.

Incidentally, when MLS talks about tapping into the ethnic market, they mean getting them to support the teams and buy tickets through things like youth teams and sponsorship, plus community events like player appearances...not signing players of their particular race.

skinut

28 Jul 2002, 08:28 AM

No Danes either. I'm protesting!

willydonc

28 Jul 2002, 10:41 AM

Let's swap Boca for Maldini straight up, then use our allocation to bring in Cassano. Yeah, that will bring in any paisans that don't already show up.

bunge

28 Jul 2002, 11:20 AM

As far as I can tell the Italian population has 1) Grown up and 2) moved out of the city proper.

The kids are now assimilated, full-blooded Americans and they like Basketball, Football & possibly even Baseball(!!). The older crowd appreciated the Sting but hasn't moved over to the Fire. Eastern Europe is were most people "fresh off the boat" seem to be coming from.

BerwynBlazers

28 Jul 2002, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by bunge
As far as I can tell the Italian population has 1) Grown up and 2) moved out of the city proper.

The kids are now assimilated, full-blooded Americans and they like Basketball, Football & possibly even Baseball(!!). The older crowd appreciated the Sting but hasn't moved over to the Fire. Eastern Europe is were most people "fresh off the boat" seem to be coming from.

Maroons.

TravisMinor_23

28 Jul 2002, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by HalaMadrid
Yeah. We need a Mexican player, a Chinese player, and an Irish player, cause there's so many of them around. We'd do well to get some Pakistani and Vietnamese too. Oooh, and a Hungarian. Maybe a Haitian and a Dominican too? Lots of Canadians nearby need to tap into that ethnic market too.

(For the incredibly dense, the above was a joke. Ethnic marketing trough roster decisions doesn't work. Period.)

Hey....as far as I am concerned the Luis Hernandez experience went VERY WELL for the LA Galaxy :D

bunge

28 Jul 2002, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by BerwynBlazers

Maroons.

Hey, no need to insult anyone! ;)

Aren't the Maroons in Elmwood park?

GoHawks4

28 Jul 2002, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by bunge

Hey, no need to insult anyone! ;)

Aren't the Maroons in Elmwood park?

Yes they are, and so am I. Do they have a website?

pants on fire

28 Jul 2002, 01:46 PM

How about sticking with good AMERICAN players. They just finished 8th in the World Cup and there's rumored to be over 7 million or so in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

genpabloescobar

28 Jul 2002, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by HalaMadrid
Yeah. We need a Mexican player, a Chinese player, and an Irish player, cause there's so many of them around. We'd do well to get some Pakistani and Vietnamese too. Oooh, and a Hungarian. Maybe a Haitian and a Dominican too? Lots of Canadians nearby need to tap into that ethnic market too.

(For the incredibly dense, the above was a joke. Ethnic marketing trough roster decisions doesn't work. Period.)

True...one exception is the Salvadorans in D.C. I can't explain why...it just is.

Chris M.

28 Jul 2002, 02:04 PM

No Italians, but one pretty damn fine Italian Beef Sandwich in the concession area.

Well done Buano Beef!

Peter Wilt

28 Jul 2002, 03:23 PM

Don't forget that Italian-American rookie midfielder Craig Capano.

willydonc

28 Jul 2002, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by Peter Wilt
Don't forget that Italian-American rookie midfielder Craig Capano.
Damn, we gotta have him over for some linguine & calamari, or some of mama's egg plant parmesan (everyone likes it but me)& some babaloosh (sp?). BTW, maybe he knows where to get a good breaded steak. Since mama moved to Naples, I haven't had a good one.

Glenwood Lane United

28 Jul 2002, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by willydonc

Damn, we gotta have him over for some linguine & calamari, or some of mama's egg plant parmesan (everyone likes it but me)& some babaloosh (sp?). BTW, maybe he knows where to get a good breaded steak. Since mama moved to Naples, I haven't had a good one.

Ricobene's

ciudadcentral

26 Aug 2009, 08:43 PM

Whatever happened to Craig Capano?