In April, Thomas DiBenedetto, a rich businessman from Boston who somehow emerged from the economic downturn unscathed, bought a controlling interest in AS Roma for around 60 million Euros. Pending approval, he’ll be the first foreign majority investor in Serie A. One of his first action items is to sign an American player. Or two. Or three. Somehow, possibly via diligent reporting, the MLS website managed to break the news of DiBenedetto’s patriotic impulse: More »

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