Inside football’s pre-season tours: Why Messi’s presence matters more than the game

Lionel Messi’s injury forced Inter Miami to reschedule their pre-season match in Puerto Rico. It’s a rare occurrence in footballing world, but hardly a surprise.

Messi’s Inter visit Barcelona SC, follow the match on OneFootball

Inter Miami continues its MLS champions tour through South America. The next stop for Lionel Messi and company in their preparation for the new MLS season will be in Ecuador, against Barcelona

Argentina’s soccer federation explains why it picked KC for World Cup base camp

Argentina likely will be training at the Compass Mineral Sporting Fields, where Sporting Kansas City practices. Because it is ranked second in the world (behind Spain) and plays a match in Kansas City, Argentina had first choice of which facility to use in KC.
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Tom Krasovic: Lionel Messi-Thomas Müller matchup brings international eyes to MLS Cup final

Wool ski hat on head and wide grin on face, Thomas Müller looked as thrilled as Buddy the Elf does when sizing up a dinner plate of Christmas candy drenched in maple syrup. What so pleased the German soccer star last Saturday night, as he fielded ...
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This football clash between Messi and a keeper is intense

From the way Lionel Messi dances past defenders and calmly lifts the ball over the goalkeeper to score stunning goals to incredible goalkeeping saves that keep teams in the game, this goalkeeper vs at