Lionel Messi will play his first full season in MLS 2024 with Inter Miami starting on February 21 when they host Royal Salt Lake in a season that includes 34 matches, of which the Argentine superstar will miss at least 7 matches due to playing for the national team in the World Cup Qualifiers and participating in the 2024 Copa America.MLS has a calendar that is out of sync with other leagues around the world and schedules matches without taking into account FIFA’s mandatory release dates for players to national teams.Lionel Messi arrived at InterMiami this summer and immediately won the League Cup with the Florida team. In the MLS 2023 arena, Messi only participated in 6 matches and could not reverse the team’s situation to bring them to the knockout round.
In addition to having two trusted teammates, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba for next season, Messi recently reunited with another Barcelona player, Luis Surez – one of his closest friends. of El Pulga, who Inter Miami fans hope will have a brilliant 2024 season if his injury is not too serious
Messi will be absent from Inter Miami in the 2024 MLS seasonMessi will serve Argentina for matches in the World Cup Qualifiers and Copa America 2024, some matches in which M10 will not participate include against DC United (March 16), against New York Red Bulls (March 23). ), against Philadelphia United (June 15), against champions Colombo Crew (June 19), against Nashville (June 29), against Charlotte (July 3) and Cincinnati (July 6). After the Copa America final on July 14, Inter Miami also has home matches against Toronto (July 17) and Chicago (July 20), so the list can be up to nine matches.