Inter Miami Coach Javier Mascherano credited Lionel Messi To influence the growth of Major League football since the signature with the club in 2023, but quickly added that more progress could be made.
“There will be Messi for two years in the summer and I think it changes how the world sees MLS one way or another, ”Mascherano said after a draw 0-0 Chicago Fire. “There’s no doubt about that. In the end, we’re talking about a player who is able to achieve it all, that such a league maximum visible.”
Messi’s influence on the league could be seen on Sunday when he led the caller to the soldier and helped create a history in an iconic place with a record for a fire with 62,358 fans.
Although Inter Miami had previously played against Soldier Field against the fire, Sunday she called Messi’s first playing there in the match.
“We have seen it today and it is one of many examples of everything it generates. People came to visit him, that is a reality,” Mascherano said.
This is not the first time Inter Miami has helped another club that overcome their participation. The New England Revolution And sports KC both had record numbers in 2024 in games against Messi. The game against the revolution was played at the Gillette stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, while the match with SKC took place at Geha Field at the Arrowhead Stadium stadium.
Other MLS clubs also decided to move their games against Inter Miami to larger places to satisfy the demand for tickets, with Columbus crewFor example, moving their upcoming match against Inter Miami to Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Yet the manager Miami stressed that the league is responsible for maximizing Messi’s efforts in and off the field.
“Now MLS is obliged to continue the procedure,” Mascherano said. “It is made progress, but it is necessary to continue to support the fact that I am here to continue to develop football in this country. He is a unique, unique player.
The result 0-0 dropped Inter Miami to third place at the Eastern Conference, but the team remains only one point from the leaders Charlotte FC And after playing one game less. The called herons tried to evoke the chances of a fire, compared to 16 overall firing opponents and seven on the goal managed only 10 shots and three for the goal.
Mascherano mentioned the busy plan of his team as a potential reason for lack of goals and emphasized the excess of games in the last two months. In addition to the MLS game, Miami is in the semi -finals Concacaf Champions Cup.
“We have to remember that in our case we played almost two months every three or four days and wear is very high,” Mascherano said. “And despite everything, the team continues in the competition. There are days when the team performs better and other days when it is not, but eventually the team competes.”
Mascherano continued to clap his team for maintaining a clean leaf and getting a hard fight.
The team will now prepare the crew of Columbus on Saturday evening and start the semifinal with a two -legged semifinal with Vancouver Whitecaps In the Champions Cup 24 April.
