US EditionLuis Suarez and Lionel Messi Team up to Launch a Soccer Club in Uruguay
- Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi announced on May 27, 2025, in Montevideo, Uruguay, that they founded Deportivo LSM, a new professional soccer club competing in Uruguay's fourth division.
- Suarez explained he has developed this family dream project since 2018 to provide tools and opportunities for youth, motivated by his childhood connection to Uruguayan soccer.
- The club, formerly Deportivo LS, has over 3,000 members, a 1,400-capacity synthetic turf stadium in Ciudad de la Costa, and will be coached by Álvaro Recoba.
- Suarez highlighted the club's significant growth, now including over 3,000 members, while Messi shared his pride and happiness in joining the initiative and expressed his commitment to supporting its future progress.
- This venture marks a new chapter for both stars, combining their MLS commitments with Inter Miami while investing in Uruguayan soccer's grassroots growth.
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Argentinian football star Lionel Messi joins the amateur club of his teammate Luis Suárez in Uruguay. "I am proud and happy that you have chosen me and will do everything in my power to build the club by your side," said Messi in a video published on Instagram alongside his friend.Suárez had founded the club Deportivo LS in 2018. Meanwhile, the club in Ciudad de la Costa has a large sports facility and has around 3,000 members. In the coming sea…
Lionel Messi's duo and Luis Suárez began dazzling over a football field, continued with a friendship shared by their families and now, while both continue to play in the same team, extends to a sports society. Always with a ball nearby. The athletes announced this Tuesday that they will lead together the project called Deportivo LSM and that the new club will compete in football in Uruguay. Continue reading
Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi become partners. Not as usual, between goals and assists. Now the two are the helmsmen of Deportivo LSM, a nascent club that will compete in the Divisional D of Uruguay, the fourth category of the AUF. Originally conceived as Deportivo LS, it is an idea that has been developed for several years under the eaves of the center forward. Now, with the arrival of the rosaryno to the investment, they were renamed and will c…
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