MLS Has Come Alive Because Of Messi – Jesse Marsch

Inter Miami forward, Lionel Messi helped the MLS overcome its biggest challenge, Jesse Marsch has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the biggest challenge for the MLS is not the fans, the investment or the level of play, it has always been geographic in a lot of ways.

Jesse added that players, coaches and everyone else in football is now realizing that that the league is coming alive, and it’s all thanks to Messi.

His words, “The biggest challenge for MLS is not is not the fans, is not the investment. It’s not the level of play. It’s geographic in many ways – (it’s) a big world apart from where we are here in Europe. (But) I think that people and players and coaches and everyone in football is realizing that that the league is coming alive.”

WOW.

Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.

Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.

With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).

He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).