TORONTO - Young striker Jordan Perruzza is smiling a lot at Toronto FC these days.
The 21-year-old from Woodbridge, Ont., is fluent in Italian and well-versed in Italian soccer, having moved there at 13 to join Empoli’s youth setup. Now with his hometown MLS club, Perruzza is training daily and sharing a locker-room with newly arrived Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi and Domenico Criscito.
“It’s been amazing,” Perruzza said with a broad grin. “I’ve already started a great relationship with all three of them. I feel like their little brother.”
“It’s crazy,” he added. “You see these big names, big players that you’ve been watching your whole life and now you’re sharing a locker-room with them and they’re just regular guys.