Lionel Messi’s introduction to Inter Miami and North American soccer came not in the regular MLS season, but in the third edition of the new-fangled Leagues Cup.
The previous two smaller-scale editions of this tournament, which features teams from US’ Major League Soccer and Mexico’s LigaMX, may not have registered outside the circles of soccer aficionados, but the third, expanded edition certainly will have – in no small part due to Messi.
It is simply impossible to talk about the 2023 Leagues Cup without mentioning Messi. His
