1.   Treviso, who finished as runners-up in the Italian league, flourished in the first half and took the lead with a second try.

2.   Anita Kaplan, Katie Smith and Sheryl Swoopes, who left the Italian leagues, return to school.

3.   Any television station anywhere in the world wanting to show an Italian league match live will have to pay him.

4.   As Taffarel realizes, since he plays in the Italian league.

5.   Batistuta, a high scorer in the Italian league, was otherwise mostly invisible.

6.   Alexei Lalas, the closest thing the United States has to a soccer icon, currently plays for Padua of the Italian league.

7.   Alexi Lalas became the first American to play in the Italian league, the best in the world.

8.   Even before the Cup, both Bayern Munich and Perugia in the Italian league were talking to Mathis.

9.   He was negotiating a contract with Milan of the prestigious Italian league.

10.   Likewise, the former Providence star was a big hit in the Italian professional league earlier this year, up until the point where his team stopped paying him.