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Gianluca Busio, a two-match analysis: Is it his position or what he does?

Well I stood stone-like at midnight

Suspended in my masquerade

I combed my hair ‘til it was just right

And commanded the night brigade (“Growin’ Up” Bruce Springsteen)

At 15 years and 89 days, he was the second youngest player (after Freddy Adu) in August of 2017 to sign an MLS contract. A player who, even at the age of five, was thought to have something special.

Sporting Kansas City’s Gianluca Busio, now 18, was always an attacking midfielder or forward.