Sebastian Giovinco
Major League Soccer doesn’t quite have the level of appeal many American and Canadian fans would like it to have on a global scale, and it’s often viewed as a retirement league for so many of Europe’s departed stars.
Whether or not that’s an entirely fair assessment is a debate for another day but what’s a little less ambiguous is how talented Sebastian Giovinco is and to see him fail to make the cut for Italy’s squad was a disappointment, even for neutrals.
National team boss (and incoming Chelsea manager) Antonio Conte cited the quality of MLS as his reasoning behind the omission, but Giovinco didn’t seem entirely fazed by it, opting instead to remain focused on improving his abilities as a footballer instead of getting vexed about missing out, as reported by Goal.
So far this season the 29-year-old has eight goals and five assists to his name in the league and has looked as sharp as ever in front of goal so it was obviously a surprise to see him left out in the cold by the coach. Indeed, one has to wonder if he’s not being considered now will he even get a mention in another four years when he is 33?
