Messi's MLS Debut is Delayed, the Main Reason is Messi Himself

 

Lionel Messi is now in Major League Soccer after being promoted from La Liga. However, Argentina's World Cup-winning captain has not yet made his debut in the United States' franchise league known as MLS. The league is currently on hiatus. Messi, who joined Inter Miami last month from PSG, was supposed to make his MLS debut on the 20th of this month. But that day is not the debut of one of the best footballers of all time. The Inter Miami-Charlotte FC match has been postponed.

The biggest reason why Messi's MLS debut has been delayed is Messi himself. Scored goal after goal to lift Miami to the quarter-finals of the Leagues Cup. Scored 7 goals in 4 matches. This is why the league debut has been delayed. The club against which Messi was supposed to make his MLS debut is Inter Miami in the last eight of the Charlotte FCE Leagues Cup. The quarter final match will be held on Saturday morning Bangladesh time.

League Cup semi-final on August 15, final on August 19. The third place match is also on August 19. Which means that one of the two teams will have a match on August 19. That is why the league match on August 20 has been postponed.

Messi's club Inter Miami confirmed in a statement that Messi's league debut has been postponed, "Major League Soccer (MLS) has postponed the Inter Miami-Charlotte FC MLS match on August 20." The new date of that match will be announced later.

Miami reassured those who bought tickets to watch Messi's league debut on August 20. The club said that the ticket will be used to watch the game on the newly announced date. Messi's MLS debut is now scheduled for August 26. Miami will play against the New York Red Bulls that day. Three days before that, Messi has a game against FC Cincinnati in the semi-finals of the US Open Cup on August 23.

Inter Miami is at the bottom of the 15 teams in the Eastern Conference with 18 points from 22 matches this season in MLS. However, Toronto FC, which is at number 14 with 19 points, has played 2 matches more than Miami.

Each team plays 34 matches in the MLS regular season. Messi is getting 12 matches in the regular season. Can the Argentinian football magician take the team to the top 9 in the MLS Cup playoffs in those 12 matches?