The 2024 Major League Soccer season will kick off on February 21. It’s no surprise that Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will host the season opener.
The captain of Argentina has triumphed in every aspect of the beautiful game, including the FIFA World Cup in 2022. His current goal is to win the MLS trophy with Inter Miami, and he plans to fight for it in front of sell-out audiences across the United States in 2024.
The MLS has advanced both on and off the field thanks to Lionel Messi. It goes without saying that, just as on his Inter Miami debut the previous season, when he came off the bench to score the game-winning goal with a signature free kick, he has earned the right to be the star of the show on opening night.
StubHub has provided a ticketing preview for the upcoming Major League Soccer season, and their research indicates that Lionel Messi’s arrival has increased ticket sales throughout the league by a factor of seven.
Ticket sales for Inter Miami have increased by a factor of 150 since the 2023 season began. That they currently have the highest sales figures in the entire MLS is not surprising.
The Lionel Messi effect is undoubtedly in full swing, and he has excellent company this year with the return of Luis , his former teammate at FC Barcelona. was outstanding once more during the previous campaign while playing for in Brazil.
Messi and will be vying for medals in the United States this season, along with players such as Jordi Alba and Sergio . They will compete in the 2024 Copa America while also representing their respective countries in the United States this summer.
Thanks to players like Lionel Messi and major international competitions like the Copa America, which will be followed by the Club World Cup in 2025 and the World Cup itself in 2026, football is growing quickly in the United States. The enormous spike in StubHub sales for the forthcoming Major League Soccer season is another example of this.
However, Lionel Messi continues to be the main attraction; Inter Miami is featured in all ten of the most sought-after MLS matches. Messi has not only elevated the status of being a Miami supporter in Florida and throughout the nation, but he has also drawn thousands of neutrals and rival supporters to Miami’s away games.
In addition, StubHub disclosed that sales have increased in nine additional countries compared to the previous year as fans from around the world travel to the US to see the “GOAT.”
Only a few months prior, Inter Miami was at the bottom of the Major League Soccer standings and was unable to sell game tickets. They could now repeatedly sell out their stadium. This is known as the “Lionel Messi effect,” and it will result in sold-out stadiums all year long throughout the United States as the Argentine sensation leads Inter Miami toward MLS championship glory for the first time ever.
Following the Houston Rockets’ embarrassing 121-113 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, head coach had harsh words for his group.
In order to avoid bad starts like the one Houston had against Memphis, stated that the Rockets looked like the “softest team in the league” and that he might need to reevaluate his starting lineup and rotation. He also stated that he would need to “get five competitors out on the court at one time.”
The most obvious option, if were to move, would seem to be Jalen Green, the second overall pick in the 2021 draft who has had a very difficult third season. On Wednesday, Green was substituted out of the match after just six minutes and fourteen seconds of play.
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