He returned to the United States in 1995 and joined the Monterey Bay Jaguars for the last month of the 1995 USISL regular season.
Ianni joined the Mutiny on the completion of the Thai season, appearing in several pre-season MLS games.
[1] In February 1998, the Colorado Rapids selected Ianni in the third round (35th overall) of the MLS Supplemental Draft [2] However, they never signed him to a contract.
Ianni, along with several teammates in the game, was called up when the regular national team players went on strike and refused to play.
Ianni now works as a mortgage broker for Nation's Funding Limited in Newport Beach, California.
[2] He married his wife Nicole, the daughter of former UCLA football coach Terry Donahue, in 1996 and has three children.