Messi
4 days ago
Lionel Messi returned to action for Inter Miami after his injury layoff and scored just two minutes after entering as a second-half substitute in his team's 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. Messi had missed Argentina's World Cup qualifiers in South America during the recent international window after picking up an adductor strain…
3 Mar
Lionel Messi was rested but Inter Miami had no trouble in dealing with the Houston Dynamo cruising to a 4-1 win
26 Feb
Lionel Messi was on target again as Inter Miami surged into the CONCACAF Champions Cup last 16 with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday, winning the tie 4-1 on aggregate. Messi scored in the 1-0 first-leg win in icy Kansas City last week and it took him only 19 minutes to find…
23 Feb
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami stumbled out of the blocks with a 2-2 home draw against New York City FC in the opening round of the new Major League Soccer season on Saturday. Miami, who broke the regular season points record last year before crashing out in the first round of the playoffs, played the…
19 Jan
Lionel Messi got on the scoresheet Saturday as Inter Miami opened their pre-season campaign with a penalty shoot-out victory
5 Jan
President Joe Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to football great Lionel Messi and 18 others. The White House made this known in a post on its official X account on Saturday night, the same day Biden gave the awards. "Today, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 great…
6 Dec
Lionel Messi was named Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player on Friday after leading Inter Miami to a record-breaking regular season campaign. The Argentine superstar was handed the accolade after his performances helped Miami to a record regular season points tally, earning the club its first ever Supporters Shield. The 37-year-old maestro finished the regular…
6 Dec
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will kick off FIFA's new 32-team Club World Cup when the Major League Soccer side take on Egypt's Al Ahly in the June 15 opener, the draw for the tournament revealed on Thursday. Brazilian team Palmeiras and Portugal's Porto complete Group A alongside Argentina World Cup winner Messi, whose Miami…
26 Nov
Inter Miami have appointed former Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano as their new head coach, the Major League Soccer club said on Tuesday. Mascherano will coach his former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi at the club and replaces Gerardo Martino, who stood down last week due to 'personal reasons'. The 40-year-old has most recently worked as coach…
22 Nov
Javier Mascherano is reportedly set to be named the new manager of Inter Miami. It means the former Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder
14 Nov
Nigerian forward, Ademola Lookman, has been nominated for the 2024 Globe Soccer Awards alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel
3 Nov
Atlanta United snatched a dramatic last-gasp 2-1 playoff victory over Inter Miami on Saturday, jolting Lionel Messi's hopes of leading the Florida club to MLS Cup glory. Portuguese winger Xande Silva blasted home a sensational winner for Atlanta in the fourth minute of stoppage time in front of 68,455 home fans at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium…
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