So, I was thinking about heading down the interstate 45 minutes and seeing Messi play Nashville. Nope!
I get it. I’ve obviously paid more for regular-season Lakers tickets or even Alabama tix in the SEC Title game. I like soccer but I won’t pay that (these were face value). Maybe I am making a mistake with one of if not the greatest ever playing in my backyard.
I assume all the MLS teams are bumping those prices (avg price for those seats normally is $75). Has he played SLC yet?
We played them Pre-Messi. We don’t play them again this season unless we both get to the MLS Cup Final.
Ah. Yeah, Nashville didn’t have them on the schedule. All because of League Cup.
When ESPN does their power rankings on Monday, I expect Inter Miami to move up into the Top 10 of MLS. They were at or near the bottom for most of the season so far.
I paid $84 Australian for 2 World Cup tickets ! They are only allowed to charge 10% more than face value !
Potentially Messi may make an appearance in Sandy soon. RSL and Inter Miami are both playing in the semi-finals of the US Open Cup next Wednesday (RSL plays at Houston and Miami meets Cincinnati) and the winner of RSL-Houston would host the final.
Lol. This isn’t secondary market. This is what the actual price is from the team. Which I get to 10x the price because it both makes them the money and eliminates most of the secondary market.
Wonder if RSL will follow Nashville and make bank.
They probably will, as next year’s League’s Cup will be played mostly in Mexico.
Actually RSL is in the US Open Cup (completely different competition). Miami still could win both US Open Cup and League Cup. Completely different team with Messi
The Messi effect. This is actually great for MLS and he seems to love playing for Miami and the US Fans. This could cause bigger names to sign with MLS Clubs.
InterMiami is last place, but much better with Messi including a recent win over the 1st place team (in some other cup?). I don’t really follow soccer that much, but definitely has me paying a little more attention. And seeing his sportsmanship (giving the captain band back to the last captain while celebrating some other cup …). Cool guy - seems like he gets where he is in his career and is having fun and lifting those around him too.
Cincinnati. Yeah they are 8-0 with Messi. There are a good amount of games left and I would assume they’ll make a great run.
The game in LA will be bananas.
It was too bad RSL didn’t pick up the win in Houston last night. Seeing them host Messi for the US Open Cup final would’ve been awesome.
Would have been a very hot ticket were Messi to visit Sandy. Since they are in the East and the league is so big that teams only play about half the teams in the other division (with only half of those games at home) could be several years before Miami pays Utah a visit.
Inter Miami could very well win the treble (believe they are still in last place, but something like 9 teams make the playoffs in each division).
I was living in Argentina when he went to Barcelona. Saw him in Barcelona. My cousin played for Liverpool and my daughter made the highest national team. She was coached by Amy Lepelbit of the woman national team.
I would pay to see Messi again but all my kids play soccer. I played soccer when no one played and we won state. My sons team won state two years in a row.
That makes complete sense then. I’m a casual American fan. I love the sport and I love seeing the MLS grow like it has. I am more likely to pay those kind of $ for a play in NYC, for Lakers tickets (I’m LA raised and LA Pro sports fan before the jokes), or something like the Rose Bowl. A big cultural event. After writing that though it was a huge cultural event in Nashville so I probably should have done it.
The MLS salary cap is a substantial limiting factor in attracting stars. Parity works well for the NFL because the league has no competition. The salary cap would start being an issue for the NFL if stars could get substantially greater compensation in Spain, France, England, Germany, or even Mexico.
Messi has the special clause to excuse salary cap limitations. I don’t know how easy it is to obtain this exclusion but there will not be many stars willing to take less money to play in MLS.
Messi made, as I remember, about 840mil over 4 years from Barca in addition to endorsement deals. So he has enough money to consider taking less for greater enjoyment. His financial situation is nearly as uncommon as his talent.
Top tier Premier league teams will have multiple bench players each making more than entire MLS teams. MLS is generally not even close to competitive for star compensation. That is why every young MLS star moves up to European leagues.
No doubt but there is room for potential ownership in teams (see Beckham) that appeals to these guys. Plus, opening up the US market helps as well for their personal brand. I get what you are saying though.
I think every team can have one or two players under the exception.
Watching the LAFC highlights. He doesn’t even have to score to make the game fun to watch.
