Minnesota United FC's Vito Mannone won the 2019 Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award on Thursday, after leading the Loons to their best season in as an MLS club. Mannone, 31, finished second in MLS in saves, with 129, while conceding the third-fewest goals in the Western Conference, 43. He posted 11 shutouts and helmed a 259-minute shutout str...
READ MOREThe Italy women's national soccer team was awarded the Foreign Press Association's Invictus award Monday for promoting and "emancipating" the female game in the country with its run to the World Cup quarterfinals. Head coach Milena Bertolini and forward Barbara Bonansea were given the award during a ceremony at the Rome-based association. With s...
READ MOREToday, Rocco Commisso released his acceptance speech for an Italian Heritage Award, “Patrimonio Italiano Award” through Fiorentina’s social media. Rocco has been very busy since purchasing Fiorentina with multiple trips to Firenze and back, financing a new stadium at his high school Alma mater, and now an award from Patrimonio Italiano TV. Here are...
READ MOREArguably one of the most popular sports across the globe, football has a tendency of bringing people together irrespective of race, culture and country. Owing to its reach to the masses, football has also allowed the players playing the beautiful game to enjoy unmatched popularity, fame and money. We've seen the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano...
READ MOREGeorge Tarantini had a talent for soccer and coaching the sport and motivating his players. He won an ACC title as the coach of N.C. State’s men’s team, once led the Wolfpack to a No. 1 national ranking and the Final Four and mentored one of the greatest players in U.S. soccer history. But Tarantini’s true gift was with people. He could connect wit...
READ MOREA seven-goal thriller won by never-say-die Napoli over full-throttle Fiorentina. An entertaining six-goal draw between Roma and Genoa. Inter Milan's authoritative 4-0 shutout of Lecce in Antonio Conte's debut. And not a single scoreless draw. If there's anything to be learned from the opening weekend of Serie A, it's that free-flowing, attacking fo...
READ MOREFor the second straight season, ESPN+ and ESPN are the exclusive presenter of Italy’s Serie A TIM – one of the world’s top soccer leagues – in the United States. ESPN+ will feature more than 340 matches throughout the 2019-20 season, which kicks off Saturday, Aug. 24, at 11:50 a.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+ with live streaming of Parma vs. Serie A ch...
READ MORESono più di 50 i donatori che hanno deciso finora di sostenere l’iniziativa lanciata nei giorni scorsi da Mediagol per aiutare tifosi rosanero con difficoltà economiche ad abbonarsi allo stadio di Palermo. Nella maggior parte dei casi, a donare sono stati tifosi residenti fuori dalla Sicilia che per manifestare la loro vicinanza e fiducia al nuovo...
READ MOREPaese che vai, romano (e soprattutto romanista) che trovi e a Philadelphia (Stati Uniti) c'è Massimo Musumeci: fiero esportatore di romanismo e presidente del Roma Club cittadino. Nella centro abitato più grande della Pennsylvania ha trovato la sua America diventando il capo del Dipartimento di Lingue del Communty College e incontrando la moglie Li...
READ MORETony Di Piazza, immobiliarista italo-americano che insieme a Mirri ha rilevato il nuovo Palermo, ha parlato così oggi in conferenza stampa: «Porto un saluto degli Stati Uniti. Palermo è un marchio, l’italianità che c’è all’estero. Rappresentare i tifosi all’estero per me è un onore. Il mio appoggio sarà più sulla commercializzazione, per proporre i...
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