CatenaccioNA Weekly Roundup, Episode 1
New in 2014 is a weekly look at the performances of North Americans in Serie A, and of Italians and non-Italian former Serie A players in Major League Soccer . I mean, what kind of credible source on Serie A as experienced in North America would Catenaccio be if it didn't report on the weekly slings and arrows of our North American protagonists in Serie A? With the likes of Di Vaio, Henry, Paponi, and Ferrari off until March the task is rather easy since, after extensive research, I have found that there are only two North Americans who ply their trade in Italy's top tier league, and both are New Jersey-born: Giuseppe Rossi and Michael Bradley . However, being born in the same State is about all that these two have in common. Bradley is a born-in-Princeton, raised in the mid-west, son of well-known and well-respected coach Bob, sown and harvested in the US college system, all-American darling. And when the US national team call-up came his answer was a ...
