He wanted to be a footballer, so he attended at those development teams as a boy. He also wanted to play for Italy when he grows up, his father probably wanted the same, that's Italians mentality (a similar case with Acquafresca who could play for Poland, even his mother said she would like him to do that, but his Italian father wanted him to play for Italy). Then you argue he should give up on playing football or take a plane to Italy every afternoon to learn how to play and then go back at night to America. When he was mature enough, he left USA, case closed. And saying he took away a place in a team from some talented True American is totally ridiculous, but yeah, I can somehow understand your point of view. That true American boy who lost his place could have became another American football star who would set the world on fire, maybe he could even be the next Landon Donovan.