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.
LMAO! I mean DC has Quaranta, and they just got Gazza to capitalise on the large English population in DC...
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.)
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.
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.
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.
USA USA !!!!!!! 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.
No Italians, but one pretty damn fine Italian Beef Sandwich in the concession area. Well done Buano Beef!
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.
He was on his way to super stardom until Hamlett ruined him. I think he played him out of position as a 5'4" goalie. Personally, I thought he tended to drop deep a lot so the move made a lot of sense and played to his game, but the hamlett haters on here will tell you that he should have changed his name to Capanski and played up top.
From Wiki: Nothing very recent As of March, 2007, Capano was known to be training in camp with Red Bull New York. Throughout his career, Capano - widely seen as a skillful player - has battled the perception that he was too small and slight to forge a successful career in MLS.
oh Christ........are you an Italian milicz? And what is an Italian-American? Someone who has dual-citizenship? Someone who wears a gold chain and lives in Oak Park? Someone who likes pasta?