Shunned by previous Italy manager Antonio Conte from the national side for having the audacity to ply his trade in the MLS, Sebastian Giovinco continues to have an absolute ball of a time across the Atlantic, tearing up North America’s premier soccer league with some genuine word class football.
Whilst naysayers will question the quality of opposition on display, it’s very difficult to question the quality of these two free-kick scorchers (a couple of goals from his eventual hat-trick) as exhibited during Toronto FC’s 4-1 mauling of DC United yesterday afternoon.
After the forward publicly apologised for being mired in an unprecedented dry spell, the former Juventus man replied to his detractors thusly.
Giovinco’s hat trick in front of 26, 349 fans at BMO Field not only ended his eight-game goal drought in Major League Soccer, but it also moved him past Dwayne De Rosario as the club’s all-time scorer in all competitions with 35 goals.