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Sebastian Giovinco's announcement to the MLS isn't a "Bloody Big Deal" like his predecessor Jermain Defoe's. It's bigger. The passage of a talented professional the calibre of Giovinco in North America - in the prime of his career - has turned heads. Mostly, Italian soccer players' heads. With the exception of Di Vaio and Nesta, very few Serie A stars considered Major League Soccer as a destination, and no one did so in the prime of their careers. The waters chartered by Di Vaio and Nesta helped Andrea D'Amico and his client Giovinco consider the MLS as a destination to consider his future. In his interviews with Anthony Totera on NextStarSports and with Paolo Canciani on Toronto's CHIN Radio D'Amico specified that Giovinco was not simply looking at the economic considerations (as hard as it can be not to look at $7 million/year) but was looking for a new challenge, a "project" in D'Amico's words. The Giovinco tra...

The Roma midfielder often dubbed " capitan futuro " (future captain of Roma) stayed with the giallorossi  despite past links to many clubs. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, De Rossi may be on his way to the new MLS Franchise, New York City FC should Roma win teh scudetto . A further clue are reports of De Rossi purchasing a home in NYC and that people close to him claim he would be fascinated to experience life in the USA. De Rossi's temptation may be dampened by Roma's race for a scudetto title this season. As referred to above, Roma may be inclined to let him go should they be crowned Italian Champions in May. De Rossi’s current contract with Roma is set to expire in June 2017. He has scored one goal in his 11 Serie A appearances this season.