Villareal & Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi talks about his supporters & detractors and the U.S. win over Algeria. Filmed at Steve Nash’s Showdown in Chinatown-New York, 6.23.10.
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Don't you get why he chose Italy:
-Italy: his family heritage, USA: nationality by birth only.
-Italy: highest world cup winners in history after Brazil and one of the most prestigious teams in Int'l football, USA: no world cup wins and not much WC or "soccer" prestige.
-Italy: a country out of the many where football is the number one sport, USA; where most people don't even care about "soccer" in the first place.
It his own personal decision on which national team he wants to play, should leave him only on that.
@idleonline:"u can't have soccer-hate propaganda all over the country"
And where is the so called propaganda? I love it how you soccer die hards make USA like some land of "anti-soccer", like there's blood on a soccer with a spike going through it.
He was left off the Italian World Cup roster again. Should have chosen to play for the US…
well not now.. he scored 8 goals in 8 matches so far this season
Traitor. He will never play for Italy again lol. Too much talent ahead of him. Had he played for the US he would be a hero and a legend
At 12 someone barely knows their origin? Speak for yourself.
Would you celebrate if scoring against the USA, or would you be respectful? There have been many classy players that have scored against their country of origin or the country where their parents are from and have not celebrated. That's my issue with Rossi.
I am portuguese american and i would have chose the Portuguese national team without blinking if I were in his decision. It's not that I don't feel American, it's just an opportunity that you can't pass up.
I totally agree.
FACT: Neven Subotic, Brede Hangeland, Simon Poulsen, Giuseppe Rossi and eh, Darren Randolph, could all have played for the US National team…
He was born in New Jersey. He's American….. but I don't blame him…. I would do the same thing if I could
You're so dumb its bizzare. He was injured for the 2010 WC and will be in the 2014 squad. The only reason he hasnt gone to Juve or Milan yet is because he's had 2 horrible long term injuries and they're waiting to see if he'll recover before splashng 20m+. Sorry to break the news, but the MLS is rubbish……
soccer hate propaganda? lmao fuck outta here kid u dont know what ur talking about
All these arguments about league-level, racism, national team, etc. is besides the point. The elephant in the room is that USA doesn't respect soccer, so why would you deserve good players ? You can't have soccer-hate propaganda all over the country and then think that players will want to play for USA. The general public doesn't give a fuck about soccer. I'm sure he must have heard all the tauntings, insults, etc. in his childhood and thought " fuck this, I'll play where I'll be respected"
tbh MLS is like a pub league the football is not competitive at all ….. last season man utd beat the Seattle sounders 7-0 in a pre season friendly when Seattle sounders were in the middle of their season and they should have been at their best and we should be at are worst
MLS hater haha u guys are funny ….og he should of thought it through he didnteven make the 2010 world cup nor will he make it to the 2014 WC ..oh well its his decision
Messi is an italian argentine
or if your parents are italian= italian
There are some ignorant Americans on here. Of course he loves Italy, and chose to play for Italy; because he IS Italian! He was born in the States, but has Italian blood
World Cups and Euros playing for Italy 0
He clearly loves Italy, his spiritual homeland, and he loves football. Why would he choose to play international football for the USA, which has zero chance of winning the World Cup in the time he'll be playing, or Italy, who've won it 4 times and he has a chance with?
@Wolleaston108 i would say he is ungrateful Rossi left America when he was young to become a better football player but Sahin he played his entire life in german junior teams he learned to play the game the right way here in Germany its o.k that he choosed playing for turkey but the way he did it i dont know man just ungrateful he acted like someone tried to steal his baby or something really wierd but he wouldnt have played anyway too much competition i think he knew that
@GUEROMEXICANO831 ahahahahah great
@demsche he's both american and italian. i agree with you. He chose to play for Italy, and believe me, this doesn't make him a traitor. And before being a football player, everybody is a person that can hold 1 or 2 or more passports. By the way, would you call Nuri Sahin a traitor because he chose to play for his parent's country?
@Wolleaston108 we got the same discussion with the Turks about Özil……..his parents are from Turkey but Özil was born in Germany so that makes him a German Rossi was born in America so that makes him an American…..very simple…….but in the world of football you can choose. in the german national team played in the last 15 years 3 Brazilians ..born in brazil parents from Brazil but the grandparents of thoose guys where part germans.we call it Multi Cultural here in Germany
@scarface18707 yes that sounds very cute and everything but let us see the facts Rossi was very young when he got scouted from Manchester United he got tradet to Villareal from Spain!!! in Villareal he is one of the if not THE most important player in his Team so now you can choose playing for the four times world champion Italy or a team that plays "soocer" <<just kidding but Rossi is a talented player he could play in every starting 11 of course he decided to play for italy
@louididdy Oi yankee,the word is squad.Nothing more.And players get dropped all the time.When Pelligrini or w/e went to Madrid he got rid of Sneijder,Robben,VDV and so forth – let me guess , they arent good either.Its all preference. Lippi went with the old heads of Iaquinta,Di Natale, Gilardino instead of throwing in youth.Since Lipi's left they've actually been reformed with the likes of Rossi,Cassano,Montolovio
@IrishRu5T Squad/roster whatever. Can you read? I never said he was going to/could play for the USA, he has chosen his side, but he didnt make the World Cup team because he wasn't among the best Italian players! It will be harder for him to play in a World Cup for Italy than if he played for the country he WAS BORN IN.