Full of Bologna: Giuseppe Rossi back in Série A

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  1. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

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    It's not about whether it's the same injury or not, but rather an MLS team knowingly signing a player with chronic injury problems that have drastically affected his playing time going back years now (Rossi last saw competitive action in the 2017-18 season, for a total of only 10 games).
     
  2. BostonRed

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  3. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006
  4. felloveranddidanadu

    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Dec 12, 2009
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    He actually got on the field today. Anyone see how he did?
     
  5. m vann

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    I don’t think he touched the ball more than 3 times. RSL were already 2-0 at that point. All you saw of him were a couple of face shots and comments about this experience.
     
  6. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006
    Rossi finally scored for RSL this weekend. With all he's been through, I'm happy for the guy to finally be back, and have the chance to show what he's got.
     
  7. Brandinho

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    Such a shame the way his career turned out. Cautionary tale with nagging injuries, hopefully he can still find the net a decent amount in MLS.
     
  8. Rahbiefowlah

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    I agree, but he also scored a lot of goals and had some really good seasons and moments at Fiorentina and Villarreal.
     
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  9. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006
    Rossi's contract with RSL ends December 31. Not sure if they'll resign him or not. This could be the end of the road.
     
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  10. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006
    Note: Rossi is the only American to have scored 10 goals or more in five different seasons in a top-5 European league. He did it four times in Spain, and once in Italy. (Only American to do that in those two countries.)

    Dempsey had 10+ goals in two seasons in England. McBride only hit 9 in two different seasons in England.

    No American has yet to score 10+ goals in France or Germany in one season.

    I think the American with the most goals in the Bundesliga in one season is....Fabian Johnson with 6 goals in 2015/16.

    Second place is...Bobby Wood! With five goals for Hamburg in 2016/17. Tied with Bradley, who had five goals for Borussia in 2008/09 and Claudio Reyna, 5 goals for Wolfsburg in 97/98. And 5 for Timmy Chandler in 2019/20.

    Most goals by an American in Ligue 1 in a season:
    Bedoya, 5 goals, Nantes, 2013/14.

    (I'm not counting Altidore's mega season in the Netherlands, which is not a top-5 league.)
     
  11. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    great post! I totally forgot about Bedoya at Nantes.
     
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  12. adam tash

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    Johnson, Chandler and Bedoya could all still help the USMNT
     
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  13. Rahbiefowlah

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    Rossi and his wife just had a baby girl,
    Liana.

    Congratulations to the Rossi’s...

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  14. felloveranddidanadu

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    He's still scoring on the regular, just not on a soccer field unfortunately
     
  15. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006
    So has Rossi officially retired at this point? I wonder if he will get into coaching, could be a great assistant somewhere in MLS.
     
  16. BostonRed

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    No. Now in Serie B:

    1455478465923371008 is not a valid tweet id
     
  17. Rahbiefowlah

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    Bigger man boobs than me. Feeling a little better about my man boobs right now.

    Who are we kidding, I have nice man boobs.
     
  18. felloveranddidanadu

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    Manboobs / pectorals, who's counting?
     
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  19. An Unpaved Road

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    Um, not what I was expecting upon checking in to see why the Rossi thread was bumped.
     
  20. Cubanlix63

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    I guess will not be in the studio for Paramount + for a while.
     
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  21. Cubanlix63

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    He is also on the Manchester United podcast and the hosts were confused about his use of the American term "pickup game".
     
  22. BostonRed

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  25. BostonRed

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