Peruvian-born, Miami, Florida based midfielder Fabrizio Pittaluga traveled over 1,300 miles and emerged from a group of 160 players to capture the Chicago Fire's annual Open Tryout. Pittaluga will join the Fire for the first phase of preseason training camp in Ave Maria, Florida, located less than 120 miles away from his hometown of Miami.

Michael Bradley and the Flying Donkeys of Chievo Verona will look to get back in the win column as they host Cagliari Calcio on Saturday in the Serie A.

It was an eventful start to the new Serie A season in Italy with champions AC Milan coming from behind to gain a useful point at home to Lazio whilst local rivals Internazionale were defeated in an amazing game by four goals to three away at Palermo. Juventus were the big winners of the weekend when putting AC Parma to the sword by four goals to one in the first official league match played at their new Juventus Arena stadium.

Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in the Italian Serie A, having spent its recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B. Cagliari finished in 14th place in last year's Serie A. On Tuesday, Cagliari officially presented its Kappa kit collection [.