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Few people are lucky enough to enjoy one iconic moment at a World Cup - Fabio Grosso still can't believe he had two. Berlin, 2006, the World Cup final, and Italy coach Marcello Lippi must select five men for the penalty shootout. Andrea Pirlo, Marco Materazzi, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Del Piero and one other... Strikers Luca Toni and Vincenzo I...

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The forward only scored seven goals for Italy but six arrived during the 1990 World Cup, earning 'Toto' the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball. West Germany won the 1990 World Cup. But the tournament belonged to Salvator Schillaci. "I feel like I'm sleeping," he told reporters after opening the scoring in Italy's last-16 win over Uruguay. "So, don't w...

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The World Cup kicked off in Qatar, and while you'll hear all manner of "Oles" and "Allezs" over the next four weeks, this might be the event's ultimate soundtrack: got, got, need. It's not the scalpers hawking tickets, it's the refrain of fans sifting through packs of World Cup stickers. Think soccer's answer to baseball cards. Before the 1970 Worl...

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On the night prior to the most important game of his young national team career on Nov. 18, 1989, young Tony Meola couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t his nerves, but the party going on near the Trinidad Hilton in Port of Spain, where the team was staying. Trinidad & Tobago fans — soccer and non-supporters — were celebrating the Soca Warriors going to the 19...

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Maryland men’s soccer’s Luca Costabile didn’t know anything about college soccer in June. He played for an academy in his home country of Denmark and spent a year in the fourth division of Italy before former teammates who made the switch to the United States convinced him to listen to offers from American colleges. Costabile signed to a recruiting...

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Dear friends, so many things happened, both in Italy and in the US, since the last editorial! I finally had the opportunity to be back in the US, this time with my friend Fabrizio Fasani, General Director of We the Italians. We participated at the Italian Embassy in Washington in the presentation of the Transatlantic Investment Committee, a project...

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This interview is a little different from the others, because it concerns a project that was born from the collaboration between We the Italians and Zwan, a leading Reputation Assessment company in Italy. With Davide Ippolito, the protagonist of this interview, we decided to start the Italian American Reputation Lab, which will monitor the reputati...

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AC Milan and the New York Yankees have agreed a partnership to sell merchandise at each other’s stadiums. The Bronx Bombers have already created a store inside Yankee Stadium dedicated to Milan items. This merchandise includes jerseys, lifestyle collections, vintage items, as well as collaboration pieces featuring both teams. The Yankees are sellin...

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Italy’s Serie A, one of the so-called ‘Big 5’ European football leagues, has seen a steady flow of international investor interest over the last decade. Since 2011, foreign investors have acquired stakes in no fewer than nine Serie A clubs – including most recently AC Milan, Spezia Calcio, Genoa CFC, and Atalanta BC within the last 18 months. Part...

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Tallahassee Soccer Club has announced Joel Di Castri as the new head coach of the Battle Lions' Men's Team. Battle Lions' President Chris Petley said they are excited for the wealth of experience and knowledge Castri will bring to the club as the new head coach. “His ties to our local community and his relationships throughout the soccer world will...

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