As they peered through the smoke from lit flares, fans of the Italian soccer team AC Milan dancing beneath the towering Italian gothic cathedral in the city’s Piazza Duomo may have noticed a tanned 56-year-old American who didn’t quite look like he belonged.
Gerry Cardinale’s dark blue polo stood out amid the red and black striped jerseys the fans of the “rossoneri” wore—if they were wearing shirts at all—to celebrate the team’s title-clinching 3-0 victory against Sassuolo.
