{"id":296560,"date":"2023-12-12T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296560"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:29:09","slug":"giorgio-chiellini-mulling-retirement-after-losing-mls-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/giorgio-chiellini-mulling-retirement-after-losing-mls-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Giorgio Chiellini mulling retirement after losing MLS Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Giorgio Chiellini remains undecided on future after losing MLS Cup with LAFC, as legendary defender says &#8216;it could be my last game&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giorgio Chiellini may have played his last game of professional soccer\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read Mail Sport&#8217;s recap of the 2023 MLS Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City have dipped, but Gary Neville is WRONG to say they&#8217;re complacent &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Giorgio Chiellini is mulling retirement from soccer, as he admitted after LAFC&#8217;s loss to the Columbus Crew in the MLS Cup that he may have played his final game.<\/p>\n<p>Chiellini\u00a0refused to rule out the possibility\u00a0before the match and remained undecided after.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of the two [teams] has to lose unfortunately&#8230; it was a beautiful journey,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It could be my last game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The defender indicated that he would take a couple of days to speak with his family before coming to a final decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old added that, &#8216;I&#8217;m happy to be a part of this league. I hope that I could remain close to this league.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/02\/78782195-12846455-image-a-1_1702176857431.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Giorgio Chiellini may have played his final game of professional soccer on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/03\/78782191-12846455-Chiellini_consoles_forward_Carlos_Vela_10_after_they_lost_the_20-a-25_1702179783801.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chiellini consoles forward Carlos Vela (10) after they lost the 2023 MLS Cup in Columbus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/03\/78782197-12846455-Cucho_Hernandez_of_the_Columbus_Crew_controls_the_ball_while_def-a-26_1702179783809.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cucho Hernandez of the Columbus Crew controls the ball while defended by Chiellini<\/p>\n<p>LAFC&#8217;s loss in Columbus represents its third defeat this year in a final, with the team falling at the final hurdles of the Campeones Cup and CONCACAF Champions League as well.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Chiellini said, &#8216;The club, the organization, has to be proud.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Italian provided some context to his looming decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I still have doubt,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I have to understand what I have to follow &#8211; if it&#8217;s my head, if it&#8217;s my heart, if it&#8217;s my leg. And many different calls arrived in the last weeks.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I arrived last year with a lot of dreams and hopes,&#8217; he continued. &#8216;But I never could dream what [I&#8217;ve lived] in these 18 months. It&#8217;s something that has come into my heart, into my blood.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12846455\/Giorgio-Chiellini-undecided-MLS-Cup-LAFC.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giorgio Chiellini remains undecided on future after losing MLS Cup with LAFC, as legendary defender says &#8216;it could be my<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Giorgio Chiellini mulling retirement after losing MLS Cup - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/giorgio-chiellini-mulling-retirement-after-losing-mls-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giorgio Chiellini mulling retirement after losing MLS Cup - 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