Andrea Pirlo announces retirement from football

Veteran Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo announces his retirement from professional football with immediate effect.

By Matt Law, Football Editor

Published: November 6 2017 | 14:46

Last updated: November 7 2017 | 11:02

Andrea Pirlo has announced his retirement from professional football with immediate effect.

The 38-year-old revealed his decision after appearing as a late substitute for New York City FC against Columbus Crew in the MLS Eastern Conference semi-final second leg on Sunday night.

New York City recorded a 2-0 win at the Yankee Stadium, but lost 4-3 on aggregate as their season ended in disappointment.

On Monday, Pirlo took to Twitter to reveal that he would be retiring from professional football after his spell in the MLS.

Pirlo made 116 appearances for the Italian national team, helping his country win the 2006 World Cup. The veteran midfielder also represented the likes of Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus before leaving for North America in 2015.

He won two Champions League titles at Milan, before lifting four Serie A titles during his time with Juventus.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Atlanta United Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	CF Montreal Montreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chicago Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DC United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Inter Miami Inter Miami	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Nashville SC Nashville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New England Revolution New England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	New York City FC NY City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Orlando City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Austin FC Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colorado Rapids Colorado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Houston Dynamo Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Portland Timbers Portland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	San Diego FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Seattle Sounders Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	St Louis City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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