A soccer God came to town on Sunday as Leo Messi and Inter Miami faced off against FC Dallas. We know you want more photos, so here they are.
It was the last few hours of the first weekend in August, and the weather had been excruciatingly hot for weeks. Sound medical advice recommends staying indoors and huddling by the air conditioner. Yet 20,000-plus people ignored that recommendation and stood in an orderly line on the blazingly hot concrete outside Toyota Stadium in Frisco, home of FC Dallas. The line stretched west into the dying sun; it was not possible to see where it ended.
Sunday’s worshippers had come to witness a new deity. Not a god, just a man, but worshipped nonetheless. From the barefoot boys playing in the streets of Rosario, Argentina, to the cleated kids in the German academy system, there is one acknowledged master of the arcane mysteries of the beautiful game of football. He stands 5-foot-7-inches tall, has tree stumps for legs and has come to the U.S. to convert the last remaining doubters to the everlasting power of the world’s most popular sport.
Lionel Messi, the world’s biggest football star and most recognizable sports celebrity, is investing in American “soccer.” Will it work? Can he raise the profile of this sport to levels seen in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Central America, Africa and basically every other place in the non-U.S. world? It just might, especially if he plays the way he did last night.Let’s be clear: Messi does not play defense. For most of the match, neither did his teammates. FC Dallas dominated large portions of the game. It would be fair to say they dominated all portions of the game that didn’t involve Messi.
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