Last summer, New Yorker Rocco B. Commisso acquired ownership of Italian Serie A club ACF Fiorentina and named Joe Barone, who had also immigrated to New York as achild, club CEO. Barone, who was senior vice president of Commisso-owned New York Cosmos, had served as chairman of the NPSL from 2013 to 2018. Commisso and Barone’s first initiatives to upgrade theclub were underway when coronavirus hit and Serie A became the first European league to suspend play.
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