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Mississauga, Ontario native Robert Stillo has been called up to the Canadian national team in occasion of the friendlies against Bulgaria and Moldova. Robert gained promotion into Serie B  and won the Lega Pro Supercup  with AC Perugia this season. Canada will play Bulgaria on May 23, and Moldova on May 27, Canada Soccer reports. Both friendlies will take place in Austria.  Here is the complete list of call ups:  GK- Milan Borjan | unattached / sans club GK- Roberto Stillo | ITA / A.C. Perugia GK- Ricky Gomes | POR / Uniao Mentemor D- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / MSV Duisburg D- Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé | CAN / Impact de Montréal D- Andre Hainault | GER / FC Aalen D- Adam Straith | GER / Wehen Wiesbaden D- Daniel Stanese | GER / FC Augusburg II D- Tyler Pasher | FIN / Kemi Kings D- Manjrekar James | HUN / PMFC Matias D- David Edgar | ENG / Burnley FC D- Luca Gasparotto | SCO / Glasgow Rangers M- Julian de Guzman | GRE / Skoda Xanthi M- Pedro Pacheco | ...

Gaetano D'Agostino, former Palermo, Bari,  Udinese , Fiorentina and current  Siena  player may be headed to Major League Soccer. According to Sky Italy journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, the 31 year-old is pondering a move to North America, with Chicago Fire, DC United , and Montreal Impact interested. Over his career, D'Agostino has scored 28 goals and 26 assists in Serie A and has collected 6 caps with the Italian national team. Stay tuned for updates at Catenaccio, NA.

As anticipated yesterday, Giuseppe Rossi held a press conference this afternoon in Florence. "The past few months have been tough for me, of hard work and with the support of my family, my team mates and Luke Bongiorno. Now I'm well, and I must thank all of those who helped me ", remarked the 27 year old from New Jersey. On his return to the scoresheet, Rossi said " Yesterday's goal was truly beautiful , alas it was only our second versus the four that Sassuolo scored. I dedicate it to my father, but also to my girlfriend and my sister who flew over just to see me play, and to Fiorentina fans, who've always supported me". What interests Serie A lovers and those who hold dear the fate of the Italian national team, however, is Pepito 's return to la Nazionale: "All I have to do is play and demonstrate that I'm in good physical form and am able to lend a hand to the azzurri . I never thought about not going to the World Cup. I want to...

Giuseppe Rossi returned to Serie A action in style today, against US Sassuolo. The 27 year-old, sidelined due to injury since January, picked up where he left off by scoring Fiorentina's second goal, his 15th in Serie A this season .  This was perhaps the only good news for the viola as they fell to a very motivated US Sassuolo, who was battling relegation. Pepito   led the Serie A scoring charts when he picked up a serious injury on January 5th, with 14 goals in 18 games. His goal today is quite timely, as Rossi will hold a press conference tomorrow at 15:00 CET . CatenaccioNA, the blog for the Italian soccer movement in North America, wishes our North American hero continued success for the remaining games this season and in projection for representing Italy at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.