FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – After spending six years with Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and recently earning his first call-up to the Slovenia national team, Antonio Mlinar Delamea knew that to continue his career’s upward trajectory, he was going to need to move. The only question was, where?
That’s when the New England Revolution came calling.
In their quest for central defensive reinforcements the Revs set their sights on Delamea, Olimpija’s hard-tackling, ball-winning, 25-year-old captain. It was a lengthy process, but New England’s technical staff successfully wooed the player and secured a transfer to MLS from the Slovenian champions.