In Frattamaggiore, the suburb north of Naples that raised Lorenzo Insigne from a street footballer too small to make it to one who not only made it but became the city’s cult hero, there’s a saying: La vita è la traiettoria del pallone — life is the trajectory of the ball.
On Saturday night, an ocean and sea removed from the cramped streets of Frattamaggiore, Insigne and compatriot Federico Bernardeschi will take to the wide-open spaces of BMO Field and usher in a new chapter in the life of Toronto soccer. Its trajectory is not yet known, but it already feels like the arc points upward.