US Edition“I Just Coach and Use the Players I’m Given” - MLS All-Star Coach Responds when Asked if Lionel Messi Will Play ASG After Missing Training
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 22 – MLS rules require players missing the All-Star game without valid injury to serve a one-match suspension, potentially sidelining Messi for Inter Miami’s key game, league officials said.
- Ahead of the July 23, 2025 MLS All-Star Game, Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba were absent from the first training session, raising doubt about his participation.
- Amid a heavy match schedule, Lionel Messi, Inter Miami forward, was granted permission to miss training as he finalizes a transfer to MLS, led to his absence, as Javier Mascherano said.
- Missing the All-Star Game, under MLS rules, could sideline Messi for Inter Miami's fixture against FC Cincinnati.
- Austin FC's Nico Estevez said on Monday, `Leo is more a question for the league, for his club,` while the MLS insisted Messi will feature in Wednesday's clash.
- The upcoming weekend match could be affected amid uncertainty and fatigue concern for Inter Miami after the All-Star event.
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Miami (USA), 23 Jul (EFE).- Argentine Leo Messi and Spanish Jordi Alba, both Inter footballers from Miami, will not play the All-Star stars match, in which the combined figures of this competition will be measured today to those of the MX League, as announced this Wednesday by the Major League Soccer (MLS). Both Messi and Alba do not appear in the templates published by the MLS for the match, which will take place from 8 p.m. (01.00 GMT on Thurs…
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The Hamilton SpectatorLionel Messi and Jordi Alba of Inter Miami to miss MLS All-Star Game in Austin
Lionel Messi will miss the Major League Soccer All-Star Game against Liga MX on Wednesday night. Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami, Jordi Alba, will also miss the game.
In doubt the presence of the Flea in the challenge among the best players of the Mls and Liga Mx. In case of unjustified absence, Messi would be disqualified, as happened to Ibrahimovic in 2018
Leo Messi has not participated in either of the two training sessions prior to the All-Star Game of the MLS, an exhibition meeting that will be held this Wednesday in Austin (Texas) between the best players of the American league and the Mexican. His absence, in principle, is due to physical discomfort.wf_cms.rss.read_more
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